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6 Famous Artists Who Struggled with Mental Illness

Norwegian artist Edvard Munch suffered from anxiety and hallucinations. The painter created his most famous image, The Scream, after it came to him when he was out for a walk at … See more

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Dorothea Lange: Artist and Social Justice Activist

WebDorothea Lange, Country Store on Dirt Road Sunday Afternoon, 1939, Gordonton, North Carolina. Library of Congress. In this moving and informative video from the Getty …

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How Museums Can Lead the Way for Social Change

WebAs museums reopen their doors after a worldwide pandemic, we reflect on the way in which museum art has been a catalyst for social change. Museums reopening coincides with …

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Art as Activism: 8 Artists Who Led the Way

WebJacob Lawrence (1917-2000) is one of the best-known American artists of the 20th-century. During his long artistic career, he explored the history and struggles of his fellow African …

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Agnes Pelton: A Visionary Symbolist

WebAgnes Lawrence Pelton (1881–1961) was an artist in the Modernism style who painted luminous oil paintings of beautiful images inspired by her spiritual practices. She was …

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Van Gogh’s Tumultuous Life Told Through His Paintings

Web6. The Starry Night (1889). Likely van Gogh’s most recognizable painting, The Starry Night, perfectly encapsulates his deteriorating mental state at the time.He had recently checked …

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Berthe Morisot: A Woman Artist in a Man’s World

WebHe is the only man depicted in her paintings, often with their daughter Julie. Berthe Morisot, Eugène Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival, 1881. Musée Marmottan …

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Frida Kahlo’s Art through the Lens of Magical Realism

WebThe painting is one of Frida’s most shocking and controversial paintings. It depicts the details of every step of Hale’s suicide. It shows Hale standing on the balcony, falling to …

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