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Facts

Born July 6, 1755 • York • England
Died December 7, 1826 (aged 71) • London • England
Movement / Style Neoclassical art

Photos

Flaxman, John: The Fury of Athamas
Coalport porcelain jardiniere with a Sèvres pink (so-called rose du Barry) ground decorated with a Neoclassical painting based on a design by John Flaxman, Shropshire, England, c. 1850; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Monument to Agnes Cromwell by Flaxman, 1800; in the Chichester Cathedral, Sussex
John Flaxman, c. 1800.
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Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
Edward Burne-Jones: The Love Song
Edward Burne-Jones
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Marc Chagall
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Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
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Remington, Frederic: The Bronco Buster
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Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
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The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
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