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Born October 23, 1910 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died January 12, 1993 (aged 82) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Movement / Style abstract art
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Eduardo MacEntyre
Argentine artist
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
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Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
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Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint
Swedish artist
El Lissitzky cover
El Lissitzky
Russian artist
Pierre Soulages
Pierre Soulages
French painter and printmaker
Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera
American painter
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
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Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova
Russian artist
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
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Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster
Russian artist
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Ian Fairweather
Australian painter
Davis, Stuart
Stuart Davis
American painter
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Jacques Villon
French painter
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Richard Diebenkorn
American painter
Theo van Doesburg: Counter-Composition V
Theo van Doesburg
Dutch artist
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Arthur G. Dove
American painter

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