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1891 in Art

  George Frederic Watts — After the Deluge Giovanni Segantini – Midday in the Alps Henri Rousseau — Tiger in a Tropical Storm Emily Maria Eardley (‘Milly’) Childers – Hugh Culling Eardley Childers Paul Gauguin — Tahitian Women on the Beach Philip Hermogenes Calderon — St. Elizabeth of Hungary Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — The …

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James McNeill Whistler – The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

James McNeill Whistler is mainly known these days as a painter, albeit one sometimes found in books of witty quotations reprimanding Oscar Wilde for plagiarism, but at the time of his death he was arguably better known for this scandalous book in which he recounts in biting, sarcastic detail  his libel case against John Ruskin …

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