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Anton Mauve: The Realist Painter of Evocative Landscapes
by Neha Vashistha
Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve, is famous for his evocative landscapes painted in light and silvery tones.
One of the leading artists of The Hague School, Mauve was born on September 18, 1838, in Zaandam, a town in Dutch province of North Holland.
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Jean Arp: The Artist of Organic Abstraction
by Neha Vashistha
Jean Arp, also called Hans Arp, is acclaimed as one of the leaders of the European avant-garde in arts during the first half of the 20th century.
Best-known for his biomorphic sculptures, the artist was born Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp, in Strasbourg, on September 16, 1886, when the city was under German Empire.
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Silpa Bhirasri: The father of Modern Art in Thailand
by Neha Vashistha
Silpa Bhirasri, is revered as the father of modern art in Thailand.
Born Corrado Feroci to a merchant family in Florence, Italy, on September 15, 1892, the artist had a profound impact on the development of Thai art.
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Charles Dala Gibson: Creator of The Glamorous Gibson Girl
by Neha Vashistha
Charles Dana Gibson, is remembered as one of America's most prolific and popular artists, who had a profound effect on American life and culture.
Famous for his Gibson Girl drawings, the artist was born on September 14, 1896, into a prominent Roxbury, Massachusetts family.
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Let there be ART
by Sana Sabah
“Shuruart is doing a great work by exposing the students of weaker section of the society to the wonderful world of art and widening their horizon. This will not only help them in enjoying the process of education and learn better but would also make them better citizens of tomorrow India."
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Daphne Odjig: The Aboriginal Modernist Painter
by Neha VashisthaDaphne Odjig, is revered as an internationally renowned artist who brought a tectonic shift in Canadian art history.
A founding member of the 1970s artists' alliance the ‘Indian Group of Seven’, Odjig was born on September 11, 1919, in Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
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Brassaï: The Eye of Paris
by Neha Vashistha
Brassaï, is acclaimed as one of France's most famous photographers, whose unique chronicler of Paris in the twenties and thirties dubbed him the “eye of Paris”, a title given by the American writer Henry Miller.
Famous for capturing the truth as well as forging the myth of Parisian bohemia, Brassaï was born Gyula Halász in Brassó, the Hungarian part of Romania, on September 9, 1899.
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Mimi Parent: The Artist of Absolute Surrealism
by Neha Vashistha
Displaying mythological tableaux by creating exquisite black wooden sculptural boxes in which a scene, composed of different elements, can be seen behind a glass and each box presents itself as an unusual “theatre of the unconscious”, the Canadian artist, Mimi Parent, is acclaimed as one of the most vibrant and provocative force of Surrealism in the decades after the second world war.
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Horatio Greenough: The American Sculptor of European Style
by Neha Vashistha
Sculpting the enormous statue of toga- and sandal-clad Washington to resemble one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the statue of Olympian Zeus, the American sculptor, Horatio Greenough, is remembered as one of the first American to make sculpture his profession and to gain international recognition thereby.
One of the first American artists schooled in the European style, Greenough was born on September 6, 1805, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Caspar David Friedrich: The Painter of Contemplative Landscapes
by Neha Vashistha
Seeking spirituality through the contemplation of nature, extending the bounds of trees, mountains, hills and crashing waves beyond just a beautiful view, the German artist, Caspar David Friedrich, is celebrated as one of the greatest Romantic painters of the 19th century.
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Kenzo Tange: The Designer of Urban Architecture
by Neha Vashistha
Fusing the architectural traditions of Japan with the contemporary philosophy and traditions of the western world, the Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange’s work marked a revived awareness of Japanese architectural traditions expressed through a contemporary interpretation of architectural form.
Celebrated as one of the most significant architects of 20th century, Tange was born on September 4, 1913, in Osaka, Japan.
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ROMARE HOWARD BEARDEN: THE ENCHANTER OF METAPHORICAL COLLAGES
by Neha Vashistha
Depicting the aspects of American black culture through autobiographical and metaphorical collages that integrate the images of African-American life in the urban and rural South with references to popular culture, religion, Classical art and myth, the African-American artist, Romare Howard Bearden, is celebrated as one of the most important and inventive American artists of the 20th century.
Revered as America’s foremost collagist, Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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