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Hans Holbein the Younger – German, 1497/1498 – 1543 Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg into a family of artists. His father Hans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465-1524) was an artist, as was his uncle Sigismund Holbein (active…
Giorgio de Chirico, Self-Portrait, 1925 Giorgio de Chirico’s Self-Portrait (1925) is an extraordinary work that marks a pivotal moment in the artist’s career. While he is most celebrated for his metaphysical paintings, this self-portrait offers an intimate glimpse into his…
Few moments in contemporary art history have captured public imagination quite like the night a Banksy artwork shredded itself in front of a stunned auction audience. It was an audacious move, a perfect marriage of art and spectacle, and a…
Francis Bacon was born to an English family in Dublin, Ireland, in 1909. He moved to London at the age of 16. In 1927, Bacon travelled to Berlin and Paris. He began to draw and paint while attending the free…