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Born April 6, 1857 • Ipswich • Massachusetts • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died December 13, 1922 (aged 65) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers”
Movement / Style Arts and Crafts movement

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Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt
American painter
Wayne Thiebaud
American painter and printmaker
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
American artist
Jasper Johns
American painter
Alex Katz
American artist
James Rosenquist, 1988.
James Rosenquist
American artist
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall
American artist
Robert Rauschenberg: Monogram
Robert Rauschenberg
American artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
Paul Cadmus
American artist
Brice Marden
American artist
Bellows, George Wesley: Pennsylvania Station Excavation
George Wesley Bellows
American painter
Fairfield Porter
American painter, printmaker, and writer
Larry Rivers, photograph by Hans Namuth, 1965
Larry Rivers
American painter
Jim Dine
Jim Dine
American artist
Sam Francis
American artist
Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
Robert Havell, Jr.
American painter
Ben Shahn, 1966.
Ben Shahn
American artist

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