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Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
Biography Anna Bilińska (also known as Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz; 8 December 1854 – 8 April 1893) was a Polish painter, known for her portraits. A representative of realism, she spent most of her life in Paris, and is considered the first internationally known Polish woman artist. She was born 1854 in Zlatopol (formerly a frontier town… Continue reading
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Albert Bierstadt
Biography Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of… Continue reading
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Wilhelm Amberg
Biography Wilhelm Amberg (born 25 February 1822 in Berlin, died 10 September 1899 in Berlin) was a German painter. He was educated by the painters Carl Joseph Begas in Berlin and Léon Cogniet in Paris (1845). After this he spent a couple of years in Rome. His paintings are characterized by humor and a poetic atmosphere. Wilhelm Amberg won many awards and from 1886… Continue reading
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Andreas Achenbach
Biography Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815 – 1 April 1910) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School. His brother, Oswald, was also a well known landscape painter. Together, based on their initials, they were known as the “Alpha… Continue reading
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Christian Schussele
Biography Christian Schussele (born 16 April 1824 in Guebwiller, Alsace – 20 August 1879 in Merchantville, New Jersey) was an American artist and teacher, and is credited with designing the American Medal of Honor. He studied under Adolphe Yvon and Paul Delaroche 1842–1848 and then came to the United States. Here, for some time, he worked at chromolithography which he had also pursued in France.… Continue reading
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