Takashi Murakami

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Born	February 1, 1962 (age 62) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works	“100 Arhats” • “Jellyfish Eyes”

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American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker

Joyce Wieland

Canadian artist and filmmaker

Yayoi Kusama

Japanese artist

Antonio del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

Piero del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Michelangelo

Italian artist

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Edgar Degas

French artist

Honoré Daumier

French artist

Harry Smith

American filmmaker, painter, musicologist, ethnographer, collector, and mystic

Andrea del Verrocchio

Italian painter and sculptor

Chris Ofili

British artist

Ana Mendieta

Cuban-born artist

Joan Miró

Spanish artist

Lee Ufan

Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet

Banksy

British graffiti artist

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor and painter

Tony Smith

American architect, sculptor, and painter

Leonora Carrington

English-born Mexican painter and sculptor

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