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I have to say, I'm liking the number of artists popping up that I know nothing about :)

 

Anyway, Dawn Baker...

 

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Next: Tawaraya Sotatsu

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There are many other good pin up artists. Maybe we should come back to them later ;)

 

Gil Elvgren, Peek-a-view, 1940

 

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Next: Gustav Klimt

 

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Rembrandt: Militia Company (1642)

 

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Next: Gustav Klimt

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I've been waiting for an Impressionist!

 

La Grenouillère

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What makes Renoir, and the lot of Impressionist art so amazing is that it's truly something you have to see to really understand. Their art was a new form, something despised and ignored initally. Looking at the painting above is why it's classified under impressionism. You can see the brush strokes, and from really close, the image really doesn't make that much sense. As you step away, the brush strokes, colour, everything start to fuse together. It's something so beautiful to see, and if any of you make a trip to Washington DC, you must check out the Smithsonian on the Mall of America to see more Impressionist art.

 

 

Someone current and more contemporary

Ai Weiwei

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Gutzon Borglum

 

Well, I guess this is mandatory, especially since I didn't actually know who sculpted it.

 

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Next: Paul McCarthy, since he's in the news today.

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