Daily Artwork — “The Amazon, Marie Laurencin, 1923”
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Daily Artwork — “The Shoemaker, Jacob Lawrence, 1945”
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Daily Artwork — “Office in a Small City, Edward Hopper, 1953”
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1953 — Office in a Small City. Oil on Canvas. New Realism style. Edward Hopper (1882 – 1967). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
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Daily Artwork — “Young Woman with Ibis, Edgar Degas, 1860-62”
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1860-62 — Young Woman with Ibis. Oil on Canvas. Impressionism style. Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA.
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Daily Artwork — “Water, Charles Sheeler, 1945”
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1945 — Water. Oil on Canvas. Percisionism style. Charles Sheeler (1883 – 1965). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA.
Water depicts one of the power generators built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s, when hydroelectric power was being distributed throughout the Tennessee River region of the United States…His interpretation of American industry was somewhat idealized: workers are never shown, and the machinery is pristine and gleaming, free of any dirt or smoke. (MMoA)
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