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Also Known As Gwendolyn Mary John
Born June 22, 1876 • Haverfordwest • Wales
Died September 18, 1939 (aged 63) • Dieppe • France

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Thomas W. Dewing
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Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
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Harry Smith
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Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Thomas Eakins
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Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
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Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
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James McNeill Whistler
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Roger Brown
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Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
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Shahzia Sikander
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Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson
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Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
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Elaine and Willem de Kooning
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Rudolf Bauer
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Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley
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