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Impressionism
A Brief History
French/European
Impressionists
Monet,
Claude
Van Gogh,Vincent
Renoir, Pierre Auguste
Degas, Edgar
Cezanne, Paul
Seurat, Georges
Manet, Eduoard
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri
Sisley, Alfred
Pissarro, Camille Jacob
Morisot, Berthe
Boudin, Eugene
Caillebotte, Gustave
Sorolla, Joaquin
Fantin-Latour, Henri
Bonnard, Pierre
Gauguin, Paul
Vuillard, Edouard
Martin, Henri
Redon, Odilon
Other Impressionists
American
Impressionists
Thompson,
Richard Earl
Cassatt, Mary
Sargent, John Singer
Whistler, James McNeill
Hassam, Childe
Benson, Frank Weston
Prendergast, Maurice
Twachtman, John Henry
Chase, William Merritt
Tarbell, Edward
Vonnoh, Robert
Reid, Robert
Metcalf, Willard
Beaux, Cecilia
Potthast, Edward
Chadwick, William
Hale, Philip Leslie
Curran, Charles Courtney
Graves, Abbott Fueller
Frieseke, Frederick
Glackens, William
Maley, Alan
Ruby,
Claire
Terelak, John C
Wallis, Kent
Schofield, Michael
Plisson, Henri
Romanello, Diane
Singley, Greg
Title, Christian
Horning, Elizabeth
Hatfield, Don
Aspevig, Clyde
Afsary, Cyrus
Hayslette, Max
Schmid, Richard
Dunlay, Thomas
Ellis, Ray
Gertenbach, Lynn
Zhan, Charles
Duncan, Robert
Hails, Barbara
Wood, Barbara
Behrens, Howard
Other Impressionists
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Dali,
Salvador
Michelangelo
Da Vinci, Leonardo
Picasso, Pablo
Rockwell, Norman
Matisse, Henri E
Klimt, Gustav
Escher, M.C.
Mucha, Alphonse
Potter, Beatrix
Geddes, Anne
Anderson, Kim
Vettriano, Jack
O'Keeffe, Georgia
Parrish, Maxfield
Homer, Winslow
Hopper, Edward
Wyeth, Andrew
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Gustav Klimt
- Biography
Gustav
Klimt (1862-1918) Viennese artist Gustav Klimt shocked early 20th century
audiences with his unorthodox, subtly erotic paintings. Born in Baumgarten,
a suburb of Vienna, Klimt's interest in art was nurtured by his father,
an engraver in gold and silver. The artist's formal training began at
Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. A Symbolist, Klimt founded the Vienna
Secession, a group of artists who banded together to condemn the day's
conservative academic painting. Rejecting popular contemporary imagery,
the artist sought inspirations from exotic sources, most notably Byxantine
mosaics. In "The Kiss", Klimt's best know work, beautifully rendered
figures float dreamlike in space, wrapped in an absracted mosaic robe
that veils graceful organic contours. The rhythmic flowing line and
biomorphic form of Klimt's unparalleled paintings became a potent influence
on the Art Nouveau Movement.
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