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Beach Scene by Degas
A c. 1876-77 pastels on paper, Beach Scene, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Painted in the studio, the theme of one female combing the hair of another appears in several of Degas' works. (National Gallery, London...
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Golden Beach, Thasos
The seaside of Golden Beach at Thasos, Greece. Ancient myth describes the well-known Thasian wine. It was said that Staphylus, the son of Dionysus and Ariadne, lived in Thasos, hence the Thasian wine was so distinguished.
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King Arthur & the Lady of the Lake
An illustration from the legends of King Arthur showing the king and Merlin approach the Lady of the Lake who will give him his sword Excalibur. (From King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls by Henry Gilbert, Edinburgh...
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Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer by van Gogh
An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in June on the coast of southern France, one of three studies the artist made of this...
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The Beach at Trouville by Monet
An 1870 oil on canvas, The Beach at Trouville, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. Trouville in Normandy was a popular and fashionable resort. The work shows the artist's developing impressionist style and the particles...
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Beach, Dieppe by Gauguin
An 1885 oil on canvas, Beach, Dieppe, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. An archetypal impressionist take on a summer view showing bathers and sailing boats on the Normandy coast, this work shows the influence...
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On the Beach by Manet
An 1873 oil on canvas painting, On the Beach (Sur la plage), by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The work, painted on the coast near Boulogne, shows the influence of the impressionists on Manet. Here he uncharacteristically...
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The Origin of Game and Corn
The Origin of Game and Corn is a Cherokee origin myth explaining how wild game first began to run free and corn came to be cultivated. The central figures of Kenati (also given as Kana'ti) and Selu are the embodiment of the Lucky Hunter and...
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Teacher and Young Boys Posed for Photograph at American Indian Boarding School
Teacher and young boys posed for photograph at an unknown American Indian boarding school, c. 1900.
Minnesota Historical Society.
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Funerary Stele of Two Boys from Palmyra
The two young boys were represented frontally and are of a similar height. They wear the same type of clothes. The boy on the left side holds a bunch of grapes in each hand. The boy on the right grasps the left wrist of the right boy and...