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Born March 31, 1835 • New York City • New York
Died November 14, 1910 (aged 75) • Providence • Rhode Island • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Subjects Of Study painting

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La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
Snow Field, Morning, Roxbury, oil on beveled mahogany panel by John La Farge, 1864; in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
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
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
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Georges Rouault
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Giorgio Vasari
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Paul Signac
Paul Signac
French painter
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Jing Hao
Chinese artist
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German painter
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
American artist
Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
John Singer Sargent
Italian-born American painter
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Ad Reinhardt
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Durand, Asher B.: The First Harvest in the Wilderness
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S.S. Van Dine
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Davies, Arthur B.
Arthur B. Davies
American painter
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Gyorgy Kepes
Hungarian-American artist

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