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Augusta Savage, The Artists
“My father licked me four or five times a week and almost whipped all the art out of me.” Augusta Christine Fells was beaten for creating her first sculptures, small animals in red clay. Her father, house painter and methodist preacher, saw these creations as ‘graven images’ or idols, and his abuse forced Augusta to start her resistance young. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on October 4
Jean-François Millet, The ArtistsPortrait of Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

1814 – 1875
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The ArtistsPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720 – 1778
Elizabeth Jane Gardner, The ArtistsPortrait of Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

1837 – 1922
Dado, Miodrag Đurić, The ArtistsPortrait of Dado, Miodrag Đurić

Dado, Miodrag Đurić

1933 – 2010

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