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Laurence Whistler - Muses & the Beau Monde
Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler CBE, born 21 January 1912, was a British poet, writer and artist, working in particular in glass...

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Jan 6, 20214 min read


Adolph de Meyer - Gifted Gallery
Baron Adolph de Meyer, born 1 September 1868, was a photographer famed for his photographic portraits in the early 20th century. He was...

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Jan 3, 20213 min read


Valentine Hugo - Gifted Gallery
Valentine Hugo, born March 16, 1887 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, was a French artist and writer. She was born Valentine Marie Augustine Gross,...

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Dec 20, 20203 min read


Edmund Dulac - Gifted Gallery
Edmund Dulac, born 22 October 1882 was a French British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Dulac...

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Dec 13, 20203 min read


Will Burgdorf - Muses & the Beau Monde
Will Burgdorf, born 1905 Hannover, was a German photographer. Will went to Dresden at the beginning of the 1920s, where he completed his...

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Dec 9, 20203 min read


Charles Robinson - Muses & the Beau Monde
Charles Robinson, born in Islington, London in October 1870, was a prolific British book illustrator. He was the son of illustrator...

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Dec 2, 20202 min read


George Frederic Watts - Muses & the Beau Monde
George Frederic Watts, born 23 February 1817, was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts was widely...

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Nov 25, 20206 min read


Eugène Atget - Gifted Gallery
Eugène Atget, born 12 February 1857, was a French pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the...

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Nov 22, 20204 min read


Arthur Rackham - Gifted Gallery
Arthur Rackham RWS, born 19 September 1867, was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading literary figures...

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Nov 15, 20205 min read


Laure Albin Guillot - Muses & the Beau Monde
Laure Albin Guillot (née Meifredy) born 15 February 1879, was a French photographer. In addition to portraits of Paris celebrities, she...

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Nov 11, 20203 min read


Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale - Gifted Gallery
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, born 25 January 1872, was an English artist known for her paintings, book illustrations and for a number of...

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Nov 8, 20202 min read


Christine McConnell - Muses & The Beau Monde
Christine H. McConnell is a photographer, artist, baker and all around Queen of DIY. She has a reputation for her creepy aesthetic which...

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Oct 28, 20202 min read


Edward Gorey - Gifted Gallery
Edward St. John Gorey 22 February 1925, was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink...

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Oct 18, 20207 min read


Dante Gabriel Roestti - Muses & The Beau Monde
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, born 12 May 1828, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter...

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Oct 14, 20206 min read


George Barbier - Muses & The Beau Monde
George Barbier, born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Little is...

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Oct 7, 20206 min read


Augusta Savage - Gifted Gallery
Augusta Savage, born Augusta Christine Fells 29 February 1892, was an American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance who worked...

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Oct 4, 20208 min read


J.C. Leyendecker - Muses & The Beau Monde
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of...

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Sep 9, 20206 min read


Carl Van Vechten - Muses & The Beau Monde
Carl Van Vechten, born 17 June 1880, was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...

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Aug 19, 20202 min read


Henry Scott Tuke - Gifted Gallery
Henry Scott Tuke RA RWS, born 12 June 1858, was an English visual artist; primarily a painter, but also a photographer. His most notable...

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Aug 9, 20205 min read


Jan Davidsz de Heem - Muses & The Beau Monde
Jan Davidsz de Heem, born 17 April 1606 in Utrecht, was a still life painter who became a major representative of the still life genre in...

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Aug 5, 20203 min read
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