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Lacking the funds for a train ticket but overflowing with artistic ambition, Brancusi quite literally walked across Europe. He hiked from his small village…
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Handling criticism with the grace of a toddler, the post-impressionist would fly into violent rages when a painting wasn't working. He frequently tossed…
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Before his elongated portraits sold for millions, Modigliani was just a starving artist trying to survive Paris. He frequently dashed off brilliant,…
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Posing for Paul Cezanne was practically a medieval endurance torture test. The post-impressionist painter was so agonizingly slow that he demanded his…
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Raphael was the golden boy of the Renaissance, beloved by popes and wealthy patrons alike. Unfortunately, his social life was entirely too active. After an…
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