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Born July 3, 1796 • Charleston • South Carolina
Died December 27, 1863 (aged 67) • Columbia • South Carolina
Subjects Of Study animal • bird • North America
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
ornithologist, artist, and naturalist
Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross  (The Gross Clinic)
Thomas Eakins
American painter
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Sherrie Levine
American artist
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
English painter
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English artist
“View with the Roman Campagna,” watercolour by John Cozens, last quarter of the 18th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
John Robert Cozens
British artist
Cozens, Alexander: Vale near Matlock, Derbyshire
Alexander Cozens
British artist
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.
Sir John Gilbert
British painter
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
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Henry Darger
American artist and writer
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Bill Traylor
American artist
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German 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
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
American artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
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Paul Cadmus
American artist
Josef Albers, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1948.
Josef Albers
German-born American painter

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