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13 Artists Who Died Untimely Deaths: Media

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Ezekiel's Vision
Ezekiel's Vision, oil on wood by Raphael, c. 1517–18; in the Palatine Gallery,...
© Photos.com/Thinkstock
Masaccio: Expulsion from Paradise
Detail from Expulsion from Paradise, fresco by Masaccio, c. 1423–27; in...
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Adoration of the Shepherds, oil on panel by Giorgione, 1505/1510; in the...
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection (1939.1.289)
Raphael: School of Athens
Detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508–11; in the Stanza...
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
Antoine Watteau: FĂȘtes VĂ©nitiennes
FĂȘtes VĂ©nitiennes, oil on canvas by Antoine Watteau, 1718–19; in the National...
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; photograph, Tom Scott
Théodore Géricault: The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa, oil on canvas by Théodore Géricault, c. 1819; in...
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Georges Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884, oil on canvas by Georges Seurat, 1884/86;...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, reference no. 1926.224 (CC0)
Vincent van Gogh: The Bedroom
The Bedroom, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Art Institute...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, reference no. 1926.417 (CC0)
Head of a Woman by Amedeo Modigliani
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., (Chester Dale Collection and 1963.10.241)
Egon Schiele: Prone Young Woman with Black Stocking
Prone Young Woman with Black Stocking, gouache, watercolour, and pencil...
In a private collection