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Born July 20, 1890 • Bologna • Italy
Died June 18, 1964 (aged 73) • Bologna • Italy
Movement / Style Metaphysical painting

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Morandi, Giorgio: Still Life
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Hercules Seghers
Dutch artist
Canaletto: The Doges' Palace and Piazza San Marco, Venice
Canaletto
Italian artist
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Salvator Rosa
Italian painter
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
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
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Claude Lorrain: Ulysses Returns Chryseis to Her Father
Claude Lorrain
French artist
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Goyen, Jan van: River Landscape with Fishermen
Jan van Goyen
Dutch painter
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Jacques Villon
French painter
Palmer, Samuel: Eventide
Samuel Palmer
British painter
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Shiba Kōkan
Japanese painter
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist

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