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Artist Birthday: William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877 Britain)

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 | Karl Cole

In the history of the development of the art form of photography, few individuals have contributed more innovative ideas than William Henry Fox Talbot. He perfect many of the optical and chemical aspe ...

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Artist Birthday: Jean-Antoine Watteau

Friday, October 10, 2025 | Karl Cole

The paintings of Jean-Antoine Watteau typified the rather Baroque-lite character of French art in the first fifty years of the 1700s. After the death of Louis XIV (1715), French painting trended towar ...

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Women's History Month 2011 II

Monday, March 14, 2011 | Karl Cole

I have always held the belief that there has been no period in history when women did not play significant roles as artists. Traditional western art history texts just failed to mention women who were ...

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