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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson
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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
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Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
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Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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Born May 14, 1932 (age 92) • Kewanee • Illinois
Movement / Style Photo-realism
Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist
Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack
American painter and sculptor
Chuck Close
American artist
Tom Lea
American artist and writer
Robert S. Duncanson
American painter
Thomas W. Dewing
American artist
Oscar Howe
American artist
Alfred Stieglitz: photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe
American painter
Harry Smith
Harry Smith
American filmmaker, painter, musicologist, ethnographer, collector, and mystic
Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Thomas Eakins
American painter
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
American artist
Roger Brown
American artist and collector
Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
American artist
Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander
Pakistani-American artist
Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson
American multidisciplinary artist
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
Cuban-born artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
American 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?