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| Camille Pissarro |
| Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist artist, was born in St. Thomas, in the West Indies in 1830 into the family of a merchant. His father was of French-Jewish origin, his mother was a Creole. First Camille started his career as a businessman......... [more...] |
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| Caspar Friedrich |
| The German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, b. Sept. 5, 1774, d. May 7, 1840, was one of the greatest exponents in European art of the symbolic landscape.He studied at the Academy in Copenhagen (1794-98), and subsequently settled in Dresden......... [more...] |
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| Claude Monet |
| Monet, with Pissaro, is recognized as being one of the creators of Impressionism, and he was the most convinced and consistent Impressionist of them all. From his earliest days as an artist, he was encouraged to trust his perceptions...... [more...] |
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| Edgar Degas |
| Edgar Degas was born into the family of bankers of aristocratic extraction. His mother died in 1847, so the boy's father, Auguste de Gas, and grandfather, Hilaire de Gas, were the most influential figures in his early life...... [more...] |
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