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Born March 17, 1856 • Omsk • Russia
Died April 14, 1910 (aged 54) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works “The Pearl”
Remington, Frederic: The Bronco Buster
Frederic Remington
American artist
Marc Chagall
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: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Hokusai
Japanese artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
David Hockney
David Hockney
British 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
Eric Gill
British artist and printer
Jacques Villon
French painter
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter

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