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Born April 6, 1917 • England
Died May 25, 2011 (aged 94) • Mexico City • Mexico
Notable Works “Self-Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse”
Movement / Style Surrealism
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter
Jean Arp, c. 1960.
Jean Arp
French artist
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili
British artist
Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare
British artist
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
British artist
Eduardo Paolozzi
British artist
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter
Sir Roland Penrose
British artist, collector, and writer
Eileen Agar
Eileen Agar
British artist
Graham Sutherland.
Graham Sutherland
British artist
Julian Trevelyan
British artist
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
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist

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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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