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Cox, Kenyon: U.S. Navy recruitment poster
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Kenyon Cox: Facts & Related Content

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Born October 27, 1856 • Warren • Ohio
Died March 17, 1919 (aged 62) • New York City • New York • (Anniversary in 3 days)

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Jackson Pollock
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Charles Alston and Romare Bearden
Charles Alston
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Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton
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Sam Francis
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Ben Shahn, 1966.
Ben Shahn
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La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
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Anna Lea Merritt
American artist
Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze
German-American painter
Justice of the Pains: The Movement Westward, mural by John Steuart Curry, 1936; in the U.S. Department of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Building), Washington, D.C.
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Philip Guston
Philip Guston
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