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Freud's Obese Nudes Star in London Portrait Show: Martin Gayford - Bloomberg

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Evening Standard
Freud's Obese Nudes Star in London Portrait Show: Martin Gayford
Bloomberg
Enlarge image "Girl in Bed" "Girl in Bed" National Portrait Gallery via Bloomberg "Girl in Bed" (1952) by Lucian Freud. The painting is included in "Lucian Freud Portraits" at the National Portrait Gallery in London from Feb. 9 through May 27.
A fitting farewell from the master Lucian FreudEvening Standard
Lucian Freud Portraits – reviewThe Guardian
Lucian Freud: 'He just had one idea in life - to paint'Telegraph.co.uk
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Local Artist Delights Animal Lovers with Pet Portraitures - Patch.com

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Local Artist Delights Animal Lovers with Pet Portraitures
Patch.com
She remembers one Christmas when a customer approached her and asked her to paint a portrait of her grandfather's dog that had just passed away. “He just sat outside by the tree and mourned,” Mason recalled the customer saying. Her portrait of the dog ...

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Stevens' Portrait Unveiled - Alaska Public Radio Network

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Alaska Public Radio Network
Stevens' Portrait Unveiled
Alaska Public Radio Network
Stevens' widow, Catherine, stood next to an easel draped in red velvet, as the painting was revealed to an overflow crowd in the Alaska State Museum. Gov. Sean Parnell started the countdown: “1-2-3,” then the drape came down. Catherine Stevens said her ...
Capitol-bound portrait of Ted Stevens unveiledJuneau Empire
Stevens portrait unveiled at Alaska state museumKTAR.com

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Self-portrait strikes gold at student art contest - The Virginian-Pilot

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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The Virginian-Pilot
Self-portrait strikes gold at student art contest
The Virginian-Pilot
So about a month ago, he painted a self-portrait he called “Inside the Subconscious.” The work earned first place Saturday in the Hampton Roads Student Gallery high school art competition, open to any junior or senior in the region.

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Music brings portrait to life on stage - 13abc Action News

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Toledo Blade
Music brings portrait to life on stage
13abc Action News
It may never have been done before -- a renowned painter creating a portrait live on stage in the time it takes the Toledo Symphony to play a concert! Toledo Museum of Art Director Brian Kennedy came up with the idea. "So I had this idea of making a ...
Symphony, painter create beautyToledo Blade

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Dorothea Tanning, artist and poet, dies at 101 - Washington Post

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Los Angeles Times
Dorothea Tanning, artist and poet, dies at 101
Washington Post
Among her best-known paintings is “Birthday,” her hyper-realist 1942 self-portrait. Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight described it as “an image of awakening power.” In “Birthday,” the artist presents herself as bare-breasted and ...
Dorothea Tanning, an artist 'determined to escape categorisation'The Guardian
Dorothea Tanning dies at 101; artist and poet married Max ErnstLos Angeles Times

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Philosopher, Portrait and Place: Bishop Berkeley Goes Back on the Wall - Berkeley Daily Planet

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Philosopher, Portrait and Place: Bishop Berkeley Goes Back on the Wall
Berkeley Daily Planet
By Steven Finacom “Our” Bishop Berkeley, the 1873 portrait, now hangs in Doe Library on the UC Berkeley campus. The painting hangs, at right, on the west wall of the monumental Heyns Room of Doe Library. “Washington Rallying The Troops At Monmouth” by ...

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The Earliest Copy Of Mona Lisa Found - Discovery News

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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New York Daily News
The Earliest Copy Of Mona Lisa Found
Discovery News
... in the portrait has long been standing against a black background. Art historians thought it was just one of dozens of replicas produced in the centuries after Leonardo's death. But as paint layers were stripped away during recent restoration work, ...
Prado says pupil painted remarkable portrait alongside Leonardo da Vinci ...The Guardian
Mona Lisa's Long-Lost Twin Turns Up in SpainHistory
Was Da Vinci's Mona Lisa a knock-off?The Week Magazine
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Liz Taylor-owned Dutch master sells for $2M in NY - The Associated Press

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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MiamiHerald.com
Liz Taylor-owned Dutch master sells for $2M in NY
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A 17th-century portrait that once hung in the living room of Elizabeth Taylor's California home — and was only recently reattributed to the Dutch master Frans Hals — sold at auction Wednesday for $2 million. "Portrait of a Man ...
Liz Taylor painting confirmed as an Old MasterSan Francisco Chronicle
Dutch master that once hung in Elizabeth Taylor's California home coming to ...Washington Post
Painting by Dutch master once owned by Elizabeth Taylor sells for $2 million ...TheCelebrityCafe.com

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Stevens Portrait Unveiled at Alaska State Museum - ABC News

Tuesday 7th of February 2012 02:10:11 AM
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Boston.com
Stevens Portrait Unveiled at Alaska State Museum
ABC News
An overflow crowd turned out Friday evening to witness the unveiling of a portrait of the late-US Sen. Ted Stevens at the Alaska State Museum. The $11000 painting was commissioned by the Alaska Legislature's Legislative Council.
Stevens' portrait prepared for public viewing New painting to be unveiled ...Juneau Empire

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