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Facts

Born December 24, 1919 • Rodez • France
Died October 26, 2022 (aged 102) • Sète • France
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (1992)
Movement / Style Tachism • abstract art

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Pierre Soulages
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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
Fernand LĂŠger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
Fernand LĂŠger
French painter
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Georges Rouault
French artist
“Eva Prima Pandora,” painting on panel by Jean Cousin the Elder, c. 1550; in the Louvre, Paris
Jean Cousin the Elder
French artist
Hartung, 1971
Hans Hartung
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
Joan MirĂł
Joan MirĂł
Spanish artist
El Lissitzky cover
El Lissitzky
Russian artist
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Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster
Russian artist
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LĂĄszlĂł Moholy-Nagy
Hungarian artist
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Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
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Charles Le Brun
French painter

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