- WebMuseum: Bienvenue! (Welcome from the curator)
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- WebMuseum: Artist index
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- WebMuseum: Famous Artworks exhibition
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- WebMuseum: Gogh, Vincent van
Gogh, Vincent (Willem) van (b March 30, 1853, Zundert, Neth --d July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris), generally considered the greatest Dutch painter and draughtsman after Rembrandt With Cézanne and Gauguin the greatest of Post-Impressionist artists He powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art His work, all of it produced during a period of only 10 years
- WebMuseum: Monet, Claude
Monet, Claude (b Nov 14, 1840, Paris, Fr --d Dec 5, 1926, Giverny) French painter, initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style He is regarded as the archetypal Impressionist in that his devotion to the ideals of the movement was unwavering throughout his long career, and it is fitting that one of his pictures-- Impression: Sunrise (Musée Marmottan, Paris; 1872
- WebMuseum: Pollock, Jackson
On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally `in' the painting -- Jackson Pollock, 1947
- WebMuseum: Bosch, Hieronymus
The unique vision of Bosch The extraordinary painter Hieronymus Bosch (c 1450-1516) stands apart from the prevailing Flemish traditions in painting His style was unique, strikingly free, and his symbolism, unforgettably vivid, remains unparalleled to this day Marvellous and terrifying, he expresses an intense pessimism and reflects the anxieties of his time, one of social and political
- WebMuseum: Kandinsky, Wassily
Kandinsky, Wassily, Russian in full VASILY VASILYEVICH KANDINSKY (b Dec 4 [Dec 16, New Style], 1866, Moscow, Russia--d Dec 13, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Fr ), Russian-born artist, one of the first creators of pure ab straction in modern painting After successful avant-garde exhibitions, he founded the influential Munich group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider; 1911-14) and began completely
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