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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules's Dog Discovers Purple Dye, ca. 1636, Musée...
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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rycz: “If I had a black light, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock...
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Ccontrary to social media’s endorsements, “liking” a photograph isn’t the same as...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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Careful, might make you howl!
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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An argument against "better dead than red"
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. - Frida Kahlo I...
