Three Artists of the 20th Century; The Man Behind the Artist The striking paintings of the three featured artists have made them some the most beloved American artists of the twentieth century. ... A true Renaissance man, DuBois has merged his love of art, poetry, and music into an interesting and diverse career. ... As a technician or artist? ... In the sixties his subjects broadened to include political portraits, poverty, race relations and the space exploration. ... During WWI, the Navy refused young Norman's enlistment request for being 8 pounds underweight. ...

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Frida fell in love with a young man by the name of Alejandro Gomez Arias, a charismatic leader of the Cachuchas. He was intelligent, attractive, well-mannered young man of a good family. ... Diego was a fat, older man who was known to be a womanizer. ... Many of Frida's paintings were an array self-portraits and turmoil. ... In over 40 years as an artist, Joe had painted portraits, sports art, landscapes, still life, western art, cultural art, and comtempory southwestern art. ...

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As a young boy Francis suffered from severe asthma and was thought of as ugly by both his mother and father. ... Why did he paint paintings such as the Crucification, and Portrait of Pope Innocent X, which seemed to be showing nothing but evil and seems pointless? ... As a young boy Francis was the weakling of the family. ... Francis's paintings are telling the story of this young, ugly boy who was not loved by any of his relatives. ... The following morning, April 28, 1982, the man who was never afraid to show the world his true colors and feelings passed away due to a heart attack. ...

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The artists aimed to represent their subject as realistically as possible, particularly in terms of form and colour. ... It shows a family lying murdered in a bedroom-a father in his nightshirt and nightcap laying on the body of his child with a female figure in the shadows on the left and the head of an old man projecting into the picture at the right. ... We are especially concerned with one family group, the young peasant mother tenderly holding her small child, the weary grandmother lost in her own thoughts, and the young boy fast asleep. ... It is not a portrait of particular people, but ...

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His bold, naturalistic style revolutionized Renaissance art by introducing a new style that was adopted by many artists. ... Thirteen years later his mother would also pass away, making him an orphan at the young age of 17 years old. ... Caravaggio's early work depicted evocative pictures of young boys done up as angels, his favorite saint, John the Baptist, still-life's, genre scenes, and self portraits. ... This assignment was very important for the 26-year-old artist. ... Luther was a young monk, who was very disappointed with the corruption and greed of the Church he saw during a...

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