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Abhishek Kumar February 14, ON THIS DAY Theodor Werner was a German painter, best known for his landscapes and portraits. Werner’s works are characterized by his use of vibrant colours and his ability to capture the essence of the natural world in his paintings. He was particularly skilled at rendering light and shadow, and his […]
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Abhishek Kumar February 08, ON THIS DAY Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times. Franz Marc Franz Marc
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April 22, On This Day Death of a socialist artist A committed pacifist and communist, this female German artist depicted the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class in 275 prints over her career, in etching, woodcut and lithography. Virtually the only portraits she made (at least 50) were images of herself,
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