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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Born December 8, 1902 • Sagua la Grande • Cuba
Died September 11, 1982 (aged 79) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Cubism • Surrealism
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia
French artist
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Albert Gleizes
French painter and writer
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter
Fernand Léger, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1941.
Fernand Léger
French painter
Leonora Carrington
English-born Mexican painter and sculptor
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning
American painter and writer
Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini
Argentine-born artist
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Kay Sage
American painter and poet
The artist and his icon
René Magritte
Belgian artist
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Spanish artist
Sir Roland Penrose
British artist, collector, and writer
Eileen Agar
Eileen Agar
British artist

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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?