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Also Known As Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel
Born December 8, 1815 • Poland
Died February 9, 1905 (aged 89) • Berlin • Germany

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The Artist's Sister in the Sitting Room, oil on paper by Adolf von Menzel, 1847; in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
Jacques Villon
French painter
“Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Henri Fantin-Latour
French painter
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Hokusai
Japanese artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
Robert Havell, Jr.
American painter
The Supreme Vice, India ink and watercolour by Félicien Rops.
Félicien Rops
Belgian artist
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
American artist
Pennell, Joseph: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue
Joseph Pennell
American artist and writer
Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
Wake of the Ferry, oil on canvas by John French Sloan, 1907; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
John French Sloan
American artist

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