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Also Known As Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith
Born October 22, 1879 • Halifax • England
Died September 29, 1959 (aged 79) • London • England
Movement / Style Fauvism
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
French artist
Édouard Manet: Self-Portrait
Édouard Manet
French painter
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
Martiros Saryan
Martiros Saryan
Armenian painter
Hodler, self-portrait, oil on panel, 1891; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva
Ferdinand Hodler
Swiss artist
David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer
To the Lighthouse
Vanessa Bell
British painter and designer
Graham Sutherland.
Graham Sutherland
British artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
Italian painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter

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