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Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) - Belgium (Lessines)
Surrealism, Art Deco, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
René François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit] 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of ...... |
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Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) - Mexico (Guanajuato)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Social Realism, Realism, Art Deco, Neo-Classicism, Cubism, Surrealism
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo riˈβeɾa] December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera paint...... |
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Thomas Hart Benton (1889 - 1975) - United States (Neosho)
Regionalism, Art Deco
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with th...... |
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Tamara De Lempicka (1898 - 1980) - Poland (Warsaw)
Art Deco, Surrealism
Tamara Łempicka (born Maria Górska 16 May 1898 – 18 March 1980), also known as Tamara de Lempicka, was a Polish painter active in the 1920s and 1930s, who spent her working life in France and the United States. She is best-known for her polished Art-Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly-stylized paintings of nudes. Born ...... |
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David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974) - Mexico (Camargo)
Expressionism, Social Realism, Surrealism, Art Deco
David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros, December 29, 1896, in Chihuahua – January 6, 1974, in Cuernavaca, Morelos) was a Mexican social realist painter, better known for his large murals in fresco. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he established "Mexican Muralism." He was a Marxist-Leninist in support of the So...... |
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Dora De Houghton Carrington (1893 - 1932) - United Kingdom (Hereford)
Art Deco
Dora de Houghton Carrington (29 March 1893 – 11 March 1932), known generally as Carrington, was a British painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey. The daughter of a Liverpool merchant, she was born in Hereford, England, and attended the all-gir...... |
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Aleksandra Ekster (1882 - 1949) - Belarus (Białystok)
Cubo-Futurism, Art Deco, Suprematism, Art Nouveau, Constructivism
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (em russo: Александра Александровна Экстер, em ucraniano: Олександра Олександрівна Екстер 6 de janeiro de 1882 - 17 de março de 1949) foi uma pintora e designer franco-russa dos movimentos cubo-futurista, suprematista e construtivista. Aleksandra Ekster nasceu no dia 6 de janeiro de 1882 em Białystok, Império Russo (...... |
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Francis Grant (1803 - 1878) - United Kingdom
Art Deco, Regionalism
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy. Grant was the fourth son of Francis Grant, Laird of Kilgraston, near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and his wife Anne Oliphan...... |
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