Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel

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Born	March 17, 1856 • Omsk • Russia
Died	April 14, 1910 (aged 54) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works	“The Pearl”

Frederic Remington

American artist

Marc Chagall

Belorussian-born French artist

Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova

Russian artist

Simon Ushakov

Russian artist

Yelena Genrikhovna Guro

Russian artist and writer

Sonia Delaunay

Russian artist

Tom Lea

American artist and writer

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

William Blake

British writer and artist

Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Hans Holbein the Younger

German painter

Hokusai

Japanese artist

Pierre Bonnard

French artist

Georges Rouault

French artist

David Hockney

British artist

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German artist

John Flaxman

British sculptor

Eric Gill

British artist and printer

Jacques Villon

French painter

Walter Crane

British illustrator and painter

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