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Born August 15, 1922 • New Brunswick • New Jersey
Died June 3, 2000 (aged 77) • Northampton • Massachusetts
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
Remington, Frederic: The Bronco Buster
Frederic Remington
American artist
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hokusai
Japanese artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Flaxman, John: The Fury of Athamas
John Flaxman
British sculptor
Maillol, Aristide: L'Air
Aristide Maillol
French sculptor
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane
Okumura Masanobu
Japanese artist
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
German engraver
Hans Burgkmair, the Elder
German artist
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Kunisada
Japanese artist
Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
Robert Havell, Jr.
American painter
Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrović
American sculptor
Milles, Carl: Europa and the Bull
Carl Milles
Swedish sculptor
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
American artist
Pennell, Joseph: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue
Joseph Pennell
American artist and writer
Mears, Helen Farnsworth
Helen Farnsworth Mears
American sculptor

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