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Jean-Michel Basquiat paints in 1983 in St. Moritz, Switzerland

10 Black Visual Artists Who Broke Barriers

jean michel basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Aaron Douglas

Aaron Douglas

Kara Walker

Kara Walker

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence

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Bob Ross
World’s Happiest Painter

How Bob Ross's Time in the Air Force Inspired His Paintings

Before he began sharing his love of landscapes with audiences on 'The Joy of Painting,' the artist spent 20 years of his life in the U.S. Air Force.

Beyond the Canvas

Pablo Picasso and Olga Khokhlova

How Pablo Picasso’s Wives and Mistresses Inspired His Art

7 Facts About Vincent van Gogh

7 Facts About Vincent van Gogh

frida kahlo

How a Horrific Accident Changed Frida Kahlo’s Life

Liza Minnelli, Martha Graham, Halston andAndy Warhol

How Andy Warhol and Halston Transformed Art, Fashion and Studio 54

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Renaissance Artists

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

raphael

Raphael

Filippo Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi

EL Greco

El Greco

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Sculptors

Donatello

Donatello

Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

Maya Lin Portrait of Vietnam Memorial designer Maya Yin Lin. (Photo by Steve Northup/Getty Images)

Maya Lin

Photographers

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz

Dorothea Lange photo via Getty Images

Dorothea Lange

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams

Dancers

josephine baker

Josephine Baker

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan

bill 'bojangles' robinson

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Martha Graham

Martha Graham

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Caravaggio

Caravaggio: The Italian Painter Was Also a Notorious Criminal and Murderer

The artist was quick to injure people with his tongue and sword.

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frida kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Georgia O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Banksy

bill watterson smiles at the camera while looking over one shoulder, he wears large circular glasses a collared shirt and a sweater

Bill Watterson

bill watterson, wearing glasses and a mustache, smiles at the camera while sitting at a desk and drawing a cartoon

Bill Watterson’s Career Since ‘Calvin and Hobbes’

fernando botero stares at the camera with a neutral expression on his face, he wears round black glasses and a navy suede jacket over a blue and white striped collared shirt, his hands are crossed in front of him as he leans slightly left

Fernando Botero

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Henri Matisse: His Final Years and Exhibit

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Who Is Karl Lagerfeld?

bob ross painting

Bob Ross

GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918). /nAustrian painter. Photographed in 1913.(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918). /nAustrian painter. Photographed in 1913. (Photo by d' Ora/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Gustav Klimt

FILE PHOTO: Eddie Redmayne To Play Lili Elbe In Biopic Role(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Lili Elbe (L) and actor Eddie Redmayne. Actor Eddie Redmayne will play Lili Elbe in a film biopic 'A Danish Girl' directed by Tom Hooper. ***LEFT IMAGE*** (GERMANY OUT) LILI ELBE (1886-1931). The first known recipient of sexual reassignment surgery. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) **RIGHT IMAGE*** VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 05: Actor Eddie Redmayne attends a photocall for 'The Danish Girl' during the 72nd Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 5, 2015 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Lili Elbe

salvador dali stares wide eyed into the camera, he has his signature thin mustache and wears a suit with a pocket square

Salvador Dalí

cbs margaret keane painter

Margaret Keane

andy warhol

Andy Warhol

James Van Der Zee

James Van Der Zee