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Not everybody appreciated the painting technique of this famous Abstract Expressionist artist. We have a feeling that the list of critics doesn’t include the American hedge fund manager who paid $200 million for it in 2016. In this article, you’ll discover some of the most interesting facts about Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), one of the most …

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English art has a history that dates back to cave paintings during the last Ice Age about 12 millennia ago. This eventually evolved into distinctive prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon art and this sense of distinctiveness remained during the Middle Ages. Although England can be described as an influential art center during the Middle Ages featuring a …

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When we refer to Flemish art, we are talking about artists born in the County of Flanders, a region of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands who flourished during the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries. The Flemish artists (not to be confused with Belgian artists) referred to as Early Netherlandish painters or “Flemish Primitives” …

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Before the Romans conquered many parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, the Etruscans lived in the area around Rome. Although they left behind an impressive collection of Etruscan art, the ancient Romans left behind countless architectural marvels, extraordinary sculptures, and intriguing frescoes. Italy has been a melting pot of different cultures for multiple millennia and …

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One of the greatest minds behind a cultural movement that emerged during the 1920s wasn’t a visual artist but a surrealist artist with a different talent. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about André Breton (1896-1966), a man who shaped Surrealism into the remarkable art movement it eventually ended …

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Spanish art has been defined by the people who inhabited the Iberian Peninsula over the past millennia. Romans took over in the second century B.C. and left their permanent mark with several architectural marvels. The Visigoths became Christians following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century and developed a Pre-Romanesque style …

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