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Facts

Born February 4, 1881 • France
Died August 17, 1955 (aged 74) • France
Notable Works “The Card Party” • “The Seamstress” • “Three Women”
Movement / Style Cubism • École de Paris • Orphism • Purism • machine art • Section d’Or • The Beehive

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Fernand LĂŠger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
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Eiffel Tower, an oil painting on canvas by Robert Delaunay from 1910–11, is on display at the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. The painting was one of Delaunay's contributions to the art movement called cubism.
Robert Delaunay
French painter
Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.
Henri Matisse
French artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
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AndrĂŠ Lhote
French artist
Pierre Soulages
Pierre Soulages
French painter and printmaker
“Eva Prima Pandora,” painting on panel by Jean Cousin the Elder, c. 1550; in the Louvre, Paris
Jean Cousin the Elder
French artist
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Jacques Villon
French painter
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Roger de La Fresnaye
French painter
Duccio: The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints
Duccio
Italian painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
Edward Burne-Jones: The Love Song
Edward Burne-Jones
British painter
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German painter
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Jan Thorn-Prikker
Dutch artist
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Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova
Russian artist
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Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist

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