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Born October 7, 1923 • Montreal • Canada
Died March 12, 2002 (aged 78) • Canada
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism • automatism
Paul-Émile Borduas
Canadian painter
Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
American artist
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Jay DeFeo
American painter, sculptor, and jewelry maker
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
American artist
Ethel Schwabacher
American artist
Tworkov, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1960
Jack Tworkov
American artist
Franz Kline
American artist
Bradley Walker Tomlin
American painter
Joyce Wieland
Joyce Wieland
Canadian artist and filmmaker
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor

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