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Also Known As Alexandra Alexandrovna Exter
Born January 6, 1882 • Białystok • Poland
Died March 17, 1949 (aged 67) • France
Movement / Style abstract art
El Lissitzky cover
El Lissitzky
Russian artist
Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist
Philip James de Loutherbourg
artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Pierre Soulages
Pierre Soulages
French painter and printmaker
László Moholy-Nagy
Hungarian artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova
Russian artist
Rodchenko, Aleksandr Mikhailovich
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rodchenko
Russian artist
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova
Russian artist
Kazimir Malevich: The Knife Grinder, or Principle of Glittering
Kazimir Malevich
avant-garde painter
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov
Russian artist
Serge Poliakoff
painter and lithographer
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
The Virgin Enthroned with the Child, Surrounded by the Patrons of Siena, Angels, and Saints, central panel of the Maestà, tempera on wood panel by Duccio, 1308–11; in the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana, Piazza Duomo, Siena, Italy.
Duccio
Italian painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist

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