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Elizabeth Catlett

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=164201&aid=642198

http://www.rogallery.com/Catlett_Elizabeth/catlett_bio.htm

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Edgar Degas

http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/degas/degas.html

http://www.leninimports.com/edgar_degas.html

Deborah Butterfield

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/5aa/5aa365.htm

http://www.mmoca.org/mmocacollects/artist_page.php?id=5

http://www.artnet.com/artist/3413/deborah-butterfield.html

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Richard Hunt 1994

http://www.galleriasilecchia.com/Hunt/biography.html

Dorothy Torivio

http://www.pueblopotteryme.com/acoma.htm Scroll down to find artist

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/peterson/Torivio.html

http://www.theenchantedsouthwest.com/artist-t.aspx Scroll down to find artist

Claes Oldenburg

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_121.html

http://www.bookrags.com/biography/claes-oldenburg/

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/docs/bio_artistid4095_e.jsp

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Margaret Wharton 2000

http://www.jeanalbano-artgallery.com/wharton/

George Bellows

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/George_Bellows/biography.html

http://wwar.com/masters/b/bellows-george.html Artwork listed

http://www.answers.com/topic/george-bellows

Paul Cezanne

http://www.theartgallery.com.au/Cezanne.html Click on Selected Works to see his art

http://www.artbios.irvinewebworkssites.com/blank?pageid=27&catstart=0&prodstart=0

http://www.repropaint.com/Cezanne/cezanne.htm

http://www.expo-cezanne.com/2.cfm

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Peter Blume

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=14&aid=2661

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Blume-Pe.html

Roy Lichtenstein

http://www.artelino.com/articles/roy_lichtenstein.asp

http://www.answers.com/topic/roy-lichtenstein

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lichtenstein-Roy.html

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Michelangelo

http://www.artist-biography.info/artist/michelangelo_buonaroti/

http://www.answers.com/topic/michelangelo

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/michelangelo.html

Francisco Goya 1784

http://www.imageone.com/goya/index.html

http://www.eeweems.com/goya/count_floridablanca.html

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Piet Mondrian

http://emptyeasel.com/2007/04/17/piet-mondrian-the-evolution-of-pure-abstract-paintings/

http://paintings.name/piet-mondrian-biography.php

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_112.html

http://www.barewalls.com/artistbio/Piet_Mondrian.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/mondrian/

Leonardo da Vinci 1503

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/leonardo.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/leonardo-da-vinci

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Judith Leyster

http://www.dropbears.com/a/art/biography/Judith_Leyster.html

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Judith_Leyster.html

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=38264

Henri Matisse

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_104.html

http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/matisse.htm

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ma-Mo/Matisse-Henri.html

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Henri_Matisse.html

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Edward Hopper

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hopper.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/

Stuart Davis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Davis_(painter)

http://www.3d-dali.com/Artist-Biographies/Stuart_Davis.html

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Chuck Close

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/close_chuck.html

Art Work

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.php?nm=chuck+close

Winslow Homer

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=480

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/Winslow_Homer.htm

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Janet Fish

http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2005/2/3/164032/8788

http://www.varoregistry.com/fish/bio.html

http://www.tandempress.wisc.edu/tandem/gallery/fish/fish.htm

Helen Frankeuthaler

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.php?nm=helen+frankenthaler

http://www.lesliesacks.com/gallery/artistPages/exhibitbios/frankenthalerbio.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/helen-frankenthaler

http://www.artburst.com/helenfrankethaler/

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Helen_Frankenthaler.html

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Mary Cassatt

http://www.artelino.com/articles/mary_cassatt.asp

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.php?nm=mary+cassatt

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cassatt.html

Jacob Lawrence

http://usa-hero.com/lawrence_jacob.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/jacob-lawrence

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Katsushika Hokusai

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe/raf_hokusai_intro.html

http://arthistory.about.com/od/nameshh/p/hokusai.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823953.html

Gilbert Lujan 1984

http://magulandia.com/bio.htm

Edward Hick 1848

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Edward_Hicks.html

http://www.3d-dali.com/Artist-Biographies/Edward_Hicks.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/hicks-edward

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Charles Demuth 1928

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Charles_Demuth.html

http://www.3d-dali.com/Artist-Biographies/Charles_Demuth.html

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=74879&aid=675594

http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-demuth

Claude Monet

http://www.intermonet.com/biograph/

http://www.monetartprints.net/monet_biography.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/claude-monet

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/

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Joan Mitchell

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=976&aid=11913

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0909754.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MtchllJo.html

Edouard Manet 1874

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Edouard_Manet.html

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/manet.html

http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/manet.htm

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Rene Margritte

http://www.magritte.com/2.cfm

http://www.answers.com/topic/ren-magritte

http://www.leninimports.com/rene_magritte.html#partone

Pieter Brueghel

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.php?nm=pieter+brueghel

http://www.answers.com/topic/pieter-brueghel-the-elder

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder.html

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Marc Chagall

http://www.artelino.com/articles/marc_chagall.asp

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Marc_Chagall.html

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_28.html

M. C. Escher

http://www.mcescher.com/Biography/biography.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/m-c-escher

http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm

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H. Pippin 1943

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Horace_Pippin.aspx

http://www.answers.com/topic/horace-pippin

John Steuart Curry

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~am482_04/am_scene/currybio.html

http://americanart.si.edu/search/artist_bio.cfm?ID=1082

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/John_Steuart_Curry.aspx

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Vincent Van Gogh

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/bio.html

http://www.vincentvangoghart.net/

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=477

Georges Seurat

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_145.html

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Georges_Seurat.html

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Andrew Wyeth 1948

http://www.andrew-wyeth-prints.com/biography.html

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=395&aid=18173

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artist.aspx?artist=24079

Georgia O'Keeffe

http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe2.html

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geok/hd_geok.htm

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Frederic Remington

http://www.remington-art.com/remington%20biography.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/frederic-remington

Victor Vasarely 1968

http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/vasarely/vasarely.html

http://www.vasarely-victor.com/

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=934&aid=17122

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Henri Rousseau 1891

http://www.artelino.com/articles/henri_rousseau.asp

http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesrr/p/rousseau_h.htm

Charles White

http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-white

http://americanart.si.edu/search/artist_bio.cfm?ID=5352

http://www.rogallery.com/White_charles/White_bio.htm

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Grant Wood

http://www.barewalls.com/artistbio/Grant_Wood.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Grant_Wood.aspx

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=267&aid=18073

Mark Rothko

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_138.html

http://wwar.com/masters/r/rothko-mark.html

http://www.askart.com/askart/r/mark_rothko/mark_rothko.aspx

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Auguste Renoir

http://www.artelino.com/articles/auguste_renoir.asp

http://www.artpromote.com/pierre_auguste_renoir.shtml

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Pierre_Auguste_Renoir.html

Wassily Kandinsky

http://www.artelino.com/articles/wassily_kandinsky.asp

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Wassily_Kandinsky.html

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Cecile Johnson

http://www.askart.com/AskART/J/cecile_johnson/cecile_johnson.aspx

Theodore Kautzky

http://www.askart.com/AskART/K/ted_kautzky/ted_kautzky.aspx

Maurice Vlaminck

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Maurice_de_Vlaminck.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/maurice-de-vlaminck

http://www.dropbears.com/a/art/biography/Maurice_de_Vlaminck.html

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Louise Nevelson

http://www.studio-international.co.uk/sculpture/nevelson.asp

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_117A.html

http://www.askart.com/askart/n/louise_nevelson/louise_nevelson.aspx

Henry Tanner

http://www.askart.com/askart/t/henry_ossawa_tanner/henry_ossawa_tanner.aspx

http://www.answers.com/topic/tanner-henry-ossawa

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/T/tanner.html

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Alison Watt

http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/22343/lang/1

http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9781857094121

http://www.clivebottingfineart.com/pindex.php?id_art=52

Yves Tanguy

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_152.html

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Yves_Tanguy.html

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Yves_Tanguy/biography.html

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Ben Shahn

http://www.answers.com/topic/ben-shahn

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=627&aid=15370

http://www.mbergerart.com/shaun/about.htm

Shapiro 1984

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=1112&aid=552486

http://www.lesliesacks.com/gallery/artistPages/shapiro/shapirobio.htm

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=31883

http://www.askart.com/askart/s/joel_elias_shapiro/joel_elias_shapiro.aspx

http://www.novakart.com/Artist-Info.cfm?ArtistsID=399&Object=

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Frank Stella

http://www.answers.com/topic/frank-stella

http://www.artnet.com/artist/16079/frank-stella.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n3_v34/ai_17866010

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Robert Wood

http://www.robertwood.net/biography.html

http://www.gainsboroughgalleries.com/browse.asp?ArtistID=28&Filter=Type&FilterBy=Paintings

James Whistler

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/James_Abbott_Macneill_Whistler.html

http://www.notablebiographies.com/We-Z/Whistler-James.html

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/James_Abbott_McNeill_Whistler/biography.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/whistler/

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/W/whistler.html

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Joseph Stella

http://www.askart.com/askart/s/joseph_stella/joseph_stella.aspx

http://www.answers.com/topic/stella-joseph

http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=1087&aid=16080

Diego Velazquez

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573765/diego_velazquez.html

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/velazque/biograph.html

http://www.cyberspain.com/passion/velazq.htm

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Van Rijn Remebrandt 1650

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/r/rembran/biograph.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/rembrandt

Johannes Vermeer 1658

http://arthistory.about.com/od/vermeer/p/vermeer.htm

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/

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Thomas Sully 1820

http://www.famousamericans.net/thomassully/

http://www.answers.com/topic/thomas-sully

http://www.artnet.com/artist/16273/thomas-sully.html

Doris Lee 1935

http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=20380

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=20380

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/arts/design/07chan.html?ref=design

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Paolo Uccello 1432

http://www.paolouccello.org/Creation-of-Eve-and-Original-Sin-1432-36-large.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/paolo-uccello

http://www.italiamia.com/art_uccello.html

Larry Rivers

http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa247.htm

http://www.artsjournal.com/artopia/2008/09/larry_rivers_gone_but_still_he.html

http://www.askart.com/askart/r/larry_rivers/larry_rivers.aspx

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Jackson Pollock 1950

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=30090

http://www.beatmuseum.org/pollock/jacksonpollock.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/jackson-pollock

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/toulouse-lautrec/

http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/famous_artists/lautrec.htm

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Pablo Picasso

ARTINTHEPICTURE.COM

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso.html

http://www.artelino.com/articles/pablo_picasso.asp

Auguste Rodin

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rodin/

http://www.cantorfoundation.org/Rodin/rbioe.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/auguste-rodin

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Walt Disney

http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/w_bio_short.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/walt-disney

http://www.askart.com/AskART/D/walt_disney/walt_disney.aspx

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1833-walt-disney-biography

http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/walt-disney_biographical-sketch.htm

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DC Comics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics

http://www.dccomics.com/about/

http://comicbooks.about.com/od/comicbookpublishers/p/dccomicsprofile.htm

DC Comics History Part 1

DC Comics History Part 2

DC Comics History Part 3

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Charles Schultz

http://www.illustration-house.com/bios/schulz_bio.html

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/560-artist-charles-schulz-creator-of-peanuts-unshelled

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/books/review/McGrath-t.html?ref=books

Paul Gauguin

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.php?nm=paul+gauguin

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Paul_Gauguin.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gauguin/

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Joan Miro

http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/miro#biography

Paul Klee

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/klee/

http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/klee/

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Raphael

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/r/raphael/biograph.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm#Raphael

http://www.theartgallery.com.au/ArtEducation/greatartists/Raphael/about/

Donatello

http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm#Donatello

http://www.artist-biography.info/artist/donatello/

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/donatello.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dona/hd_dona.htm

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Alfred Sisley

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/sisley/

http://www.biography.com/impressionists/sisley-bio.jsp

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Alfred_Sisley.html

Guda (Guta)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guda

Great Women Masters of Art

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html

Dictionary of Women Artists Page 9

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Caterina van Hemessen

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/vanhemessen-c.html

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html

http://www.mystudios.com/women/fghij/hemessen.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/cvanhemessen/Catharina_van_Hemessen_Female_Painter.htm

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Anna Waser

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/waser.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-waser-2

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html

Judith Leyster

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/leyster/index.html

http://artchive.com/artchive/L/leyster.html

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Marie Stillman (1927)-19th-20th Century

http://www.mystudios.com/women/pqrst/stillman.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Spartali_Stillman

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/stillman.htm

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html

Marie Dumont (1767-1846)

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html (18th -19th Century)

Anna Hall (18th-19th Century)

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/womenart.html (18th - 19th Century)

http://www.askart.com/askart/h/ann_hall/ann_hall.aspx

http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women/hall.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E7DA1131E03ABC4C51DFB466838B639EDE

download article from The New York Times 1920 to see full article.

Perfect Likeness Page 203

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Norman Rockwell

The Official Site of Normal Rockwell

Norman Rockwell Museum

Norman Rockwell Library

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