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Escher, M.C.(1898-1972)

Dutch graphic artist and printmaker.   Studied at School voor Kunstnijverheid (Technical School of Art) in Haarlem from 1919-22 then lived in Italy until 1935 where initially he concentrated on Italian landscapes and towns.    At this time he also developed his technique of creating patterns with repeated configurations of animals, birds, fish and other elements of nature, employing sophisticated mathematical design principles.

Considered by many to be the Greatest American Painter of the 19th century, although recognition didn't come until the latter part of his life and prior to that he was often the subject of controversy, criticism and isolation because of his radical ideas, particularly his insistence on working from nude models.   He spent most of his life in Philadelphia where he was born but did spend a few years training in Europe where he studied in Paris with Gérôme and also learning from the Spanish painters Velázquez and Ribera.   He taught at the Pennysylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1876 but was forced to resign after permitting a mixed class to draw from a completely nude male model.   Further controversy was to arise following his painting "The Gross Clinic" with it's clinical depiction of surgery.

Flemish painter who perfected the newly developed technique of oil painting with the development of a stable varnish created from linseed and nut oils mixed with resins.   The varnish dried at a consistent rate but, more importantly, when mixed with the actual paints produced a brilliance and transparency which was perfectly suited to the portrayal of precious metals, gems and natural light.   This invention transformed the appearance of painting giving it a life hitherto impossible to display.    Eyck's panel paintings were mostly portraits and religious subjects, his masterpiece being the altarpiece in the Cathedral at Ghent.

American photographer and film maker, studied film at the New School for Social Research, New York from 1948 to 1950.     Photographic assistant with US Army Signal Corps and Standard Oil Company from 1950 to 1952.   Freelance photographer and film maker from 1953.    Internationally renowned for his street photographs.    Films include The Director, Beauty Knows No Pain and Red, White and Blue Grass.

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