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Born December 7, 1894 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died June 24, 1964 (aged 69) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style Cubism • abstract art

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Romare Bearden
American painter
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Alexander Archipenko
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Bradley Walker Tomlin
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
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Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
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Ian Fairweather
Australian painter
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Jacques Villon
French painter
Eiffel Tower, an oil painting on canvas by Robert Delaunay from 1910–11, is on display at the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. The painting was one of Delaunay's contributions to the art movement called cubism.
Robert Delaunay
French painter
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Henry Darger
American artist and writer
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
Robert Rauschenberg: Monogram
Robert Rauschenberg
American artist
Marca-Relli with one of his paintings
Conrad Marca-Relli
American artist
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
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Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist
Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera
American painter
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Malvin Gray Johnson
Malvin Gray Johnson
American artist

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