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Allied Artists Association
Allied Artists' Association (AAA). A society of British artists formed in 1908 by the critic Frank Rutter and artists in Sickert's circle for the purpose of organizing annual exhibitions in the jury-free manner of the French Salon des Indépendants. The association, which represented a reaction... Read more |
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Society of Independent Artists
Society of Independent Artists. An association formed in New York in December 1916 as a successor to the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which had been dissolved—its task accomplished—after mounting the Armory Show in 1913. The aim of the Society of Independent Artists... Read more |
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Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia , 1878-1953, French painter. After working in an impressionist style, Picabia was influenced by cubism and later was one of the original exponents of Dada in Europe and the United States. He contributed to avant-garde periodicals and became associated with the Paris surrealists.... Read more |
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Barbara Chase-Riboud
Barbara Chase-Riboud 1939– Artist, novelist Worked as Artist, Novelist Faced Controversy Over Hemings Novel Courted Controversy Continued Her Creative Output Selected writings Sources In her massive sculptures, Barbara Chase-Riboud fuses elements from several different cultural traditions to... Read more |
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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Warrick Fuller Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) is celebrated for being the first American black artist to reflect African themes and folk tales in her work and for being ahead of her time in her understanding of the black experience. Fuller's career spanned over seventy years. Her... Read more |
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Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam 1933– Artist At a Glance… Worked with Unsupported Canvas... Read more |
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Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon
Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron , 1747-1825, French artist, writer, and archaeologist. He had a brilliant career as artist and diplomat under the ancien régime and followed Napoleon on his campaign in Egypt. In 1804 he became director-general of museums and was instrumental in bringing foreign... Read more |
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Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott Bernice Abbott (1898-1991) was one of the most gifted American photographers of the 20th century. Berenice Abbott's work spanned more than 50 years of the twentieth century. At a time when "career women" were not only unconventional but controversial, she established herself... Read more |
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Magic mountain: in a tiny village atop the Alps, Setsuko Klossowska de Rola,...
...known as Balthus, and Setsuko...certainly suited Balthus, whom critics...He was controversial and mysterious...Chalet, Balthus's painting...respected artist, and her...Acclaimed French landscape...children, ages ... |