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Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon
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Born January 4, 1747 • Chalon-sur-Saône • France
Died April 27, 1825 (aged 78) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Monuments of the Arts of Design Among Peoples as Much Ancient as Modern”
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
French art dealer and publisher
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
British painter
Enwezor, Okwui
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-born art curator
Okakura Kakuzō
Japanese art critic
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
English art collector
Wilhelm von Bode
German art critic
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Sérusier, Paul: The Flowered Gate
Paul Sérusier
French painter
Henri Loyrette
French arts administrator and historian
Amédée Ozenfant
French painter
Paul Signac
Paul Signac
French painter
Coypel, Charles-Antoine: Painting Ejecting Thalia
Charles-Antoine Coypel
French artist
Ambroise Vollard
French art dealer
André Lhote
French artist
Philostratus the Younger
Greek author
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
English writer and artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
American artist
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan
American financier