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Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Estéban Murillo , 1617?-1682, Spanish religious and portrait painter. He was born in Seville, where most of his life was spent. There, c.1645, he painted a series of 11 pictures of the history of the Franciscan order for a monastery. These brought him immediate fame, and for... Read more |
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Jose Antolinez
Antolínez, José (bapt. Madrid, 7 Nov. 1635; d Madrid, 30 May 1675). Spanish painter, active in Madrid. Like Murillo in Seville, he had a penchant for paintings of the Immaculate Conception (an example, c.1670, is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), and his colourful, sweet style has much in... Read more |
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Dr Atl
Atl, Dr ( Gerardo Murillo) (1875–1964). Mexican painter and art administrator. He was an ardent nationalist and a pioneer of the 20th-century renaissance of his county's art—chapter 1 of MacKinley Helm's book Modern Mexican Painters (1941) is entitled ‘Dr Atl, the Saint John... Read more |
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Hughie Lee-Smith
Hughie Lee-Smith 1915– Artist, educator At a Glance… Gravitated Toward Artistic Group in 1940s Painted Murals on African Americans in History for U.S. Navy Style Evolved From Realism to Surrealism Brush Captured Racial and Urban Isolation Selected works Sources Like his paintings,... Read more |
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Taos
Taos , town (1990 pop. 4,065), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), seat of Taos co., N N.Mex., between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo Mts.; founded c.1615, inc. 1934. In an area of pueblos and scenic beauty, Taos developed as an art colony (principally after 1898) and attracted many painters and... Read more |
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Grosvenor Gallery
Grosvenor Gallery founded in London (1877) by Sir Coutts Lindsay (1839-1913), for the independent exhibition (opening May 1 annually) of paintings and sculpture by established artists, both Academicians and moderns being represented. There is no jury. The gallery has the atmosphere of the private... Read more |
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Derrick Greaves
Greaves, Derrick (1927– ). British painter and graphic artist, born in Sheffield. After an apprenticeship with a signwriter, he studied at the Royal College of Art, 1948–52. In the 1950s he was a leading figure of the Kitchen Sink School, depicting dour subjects including views of his... Read more |
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Taxco
Taxco , town (1990 pop. 43,836), Guerrero state, S Mexico. Founded in 1529 as a silver-mining community, Taxco was also an important stop between Mexico City and Acapulco in Spanish colonial trade with the Philippines. It achieved real prominence as a mining center under José de la Borda, who... Read more |
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Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenæum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. The first building was opened in 1876; the... Read more |
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