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88Female Renaissance Artist -Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola, 1532 - 1625 was one of the leading female artists of the Renaissance period, her success made it acceptable for women of that time to became practicing artists.
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79Marianne North - Victorian Painter and Botanical Explorer
Think of great Victorian explorers and Darwin or Livingston spring to mind. Not a little middle-aged, old lady with a set of paint brushes and an easel in the heart of the Brazillian jungle. Well that was Marianne North for you.
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79Renaissance Art - Famous Female painters
The Renaissance, the age of Enlightenment, remembered for its famous painters and sculptors. The period from 1400 to 1650 is populated with a whole host of famous men but there were also a group of talented female painters who also contributed to the age.
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70La Dormeuse - My Take
Art Deco was a movement that started in the roaring twenties and continued to the thirties. It was the machine age, and the age of chromed cars, talking movies and long cigarette holders... it was also a time...
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75The Pampered and Playful Cat Paintings of Victorian-Era Artist Henriette Ronner-Knip
Even if you don't know the name, you've probably seen some of her paintings of precocious cats and kittens. Learn more about this gifted Dutch painter and cat lover and see some of her art.
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