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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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The Group of Seven Remembered
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Born May 17, 1898 • Toronto • Canada • (Birthday in 5 days)
Died February 19, 1992 (aged 93) • Toronto • Canada
Movement / Style Group of Seven
A.Y. Jackson
Canadian landscape painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
English painter
Self-portrait by John Constable
John Constable
British artist
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
American painter
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
American artist
Nolde, Emil: Cows in the Lowland
Emil Nolde
German artist
Poet and painter Edward Lear
Edward Lear
English painter and writer
Paul Nash
British painter
John Marin
American artist
Richard Parkes Bonington: Grand Canal, Venice
Richard Parkes Bonington
British painter
Greta Bridge, watercolour by John Sell Cotman, c. 1805; in the British Museum.
John Sell Cotman
British painter
February Thaw, watercolour by Charles Burchfield, 1920; in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. 45.6 × 71 cm.
Charles Burchfield
American painter
Namatjira, Albert
Albert Namatjira
Australian painter
“View with the Roman Campagna,” watercolour by John Cozens, last quarter of the 18th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
John Robert Cozens
British artist
Cozens, Alexander: Vale near Matlock, Derbyshire
Alexander Cozens
British artist
Harpignies, Henri: At Home in the Forest
Henri Harpignies
French painter
Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher

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