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Artist Birthday: Erich Heckel

Thursday, July 31, 2025 | Karl Cole

Erich Heckel was a German Expressionist and a member of the important early artists’ group Die Brücke, a group that worked communally from 1905 to 1913. He is renowned for his woodcut print ...

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Artist Birthday: Käthe Kollwitz

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | Karl Cole

Unequaled among the German Expressionists are the gritty, powerfully heart-felt drawings, lithographs and woodcuts of Käthe Kollwitz. Much of her subject matter concerned working class women, mot ...

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Oil Painting in Italy: Antonello da Messina

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | Karl Cole

I really love the Philadelphia Museum of Art, especially the monastery-like room in which I saw this painting displayed. I also really like getting the side-eye from this guy, because this artist is o ...

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