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How Japanese Woodcuts Inspired a Western Art Movement Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh viewed Japan as a paradise where everyone loved art, and wished to replicate this ideal in the south of France. [...]

With only four years of painting experience and no formal training, 24-year-old Michael Romero Duran has accomplished more than many artists do in a lifetime. Romero is best known for creating [...]

Claude Monet may have come from humble beginnings—his father wanted him to be a grocer—but he transformed himself into a legend, becoming one of the most influential artists of the modern era. [...]

A painting by Henri Matisse has finally made its way home after disappearing 75 years ago. Matisse’s “Femme Assise” (Seated Woman) belonged to Paul Rosenberg, a renowned art dealer who fled from [...]

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