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Jean-Léon Gérôme
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Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Ave Caesar! Morituri Te Salutant (Hail Caesar! We Who Are About to Die Salute You) Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Lion Snapping at a Butterfly Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Pygmalion and Galatea
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Born May 11, 1824 • Vesoul • France
Died January 10, 1904 (aged 79) • Paris • France

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Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Ave Caesar! Morituri Te Salutant (Hail Caesar! We Who Are About to Die Salute You)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Lion Snapping at a Butterfly
Gérôme, Jean-Léon: Pygmalion and Galatea
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Jean Arp, c. 1960.
Jean Arp
French artist
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Jean Dubuffet
French artist
Coypel, Charles-Antoine: Painting Ejecting Thalia
Charles-Antoine Coypel
French artist
André Lhote
French artist
Guérin, Pierre-Narcisse, Baron
Pierre-Narcisse, Baron Guérin
French painter and teacher
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander
Pakistani-American artist
Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili
British artist
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
Cuban-born artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
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Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan
Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet

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