Arnold Houbraken

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Born	March 28, 1660 • Dordrecht • Netherlands
Died	October 14, 1719 (aged 59) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Family Members	son Jacobus Houbraken

Giorgio Vasari

Italian artist and author

Theo van Doesburg

Dutch artist

Sidney Colvin

English scholar

Philostratus the Younger

Greek author

John Ruskin

English writer and artist

Stendhal

French author

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian-born artist

James McNeill Whistler

American artist

Elaine de Kooning

American artist

Johann Winckelmann

German art historian

Mi Fu

Chinese artist

Paul Sérusier

French painter

Harold Rosenberg

American art critic

Ernest F. Fenollosa

American orientalist and art critic

Okwui Enwezor

Nigerian-born art curator

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John Evelyn

English author

Lawrence Alloway

American curator and art critic

Dong Qichang

Chinese artist

Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark

British art historian

Roger Fry

British art critic and painter

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