Philostratus the Lemnian

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Philostratus the Lemnian: Facts & Related Content

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Born	190

Winckelmann, Johann

Johann Winckelmann

German art historian

Philostratus the Younger

Greek author

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

English writer and artist

Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian-born artist

James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler

American artist

Elaine and Willem de Kooning

Elaine de Kooning

American artist

Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Mi Fu

Chinese artist

Sérusier, Paul: The Flowered Gate

Paul Sérusier

French painter

Harold Rosenberg

American art critic

Ernest F. Fenollosa

American orientalist and art critic

Enwezor, Okwui

Okwui Enwezor

Nigerian-born art curator

Lawrence Alloway

American curator and art critic

Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari

Italian artist and author

Dong Qichang

Chinese artist

Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark

British art historian

Roger Fry

British art critic and painter

Chen Shizeng

Chinese painter and critic

Theo van Doesburg: Counter-Composition V

Theo van Doesburg

Dutch artist

Amédée Ozenfant

French painter

Giovanni Morelli

Italian art critic