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JAMES

James is an independent art researcher, writer and editor with more than 15 years of experience researching famous artists, important paintings and art movements. For Great Famous Artists, he studies museum records, archives, artist foundations, exhibition catalogues and scholarly publications to create clear and carefully sourced artist profiles. His work connects biography, technique, historical context and artistic influence, helping readers understand not only what an artist created, but why the artist and their work remain important.

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Articles by JAMES

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Rococo (in form), Enlightenment Realism, Satirical Art

William Hogarth

November 10, 1697 – London, England–October 26, 1764 – London, England

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Victorian Realism

William Holman Hunt

April 2, 1827 – London, England–September 7, 1910 – London, England

Academic Art, Neoclassicism, Realism (classical tradition)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

November 30, 1825 – La Rochelle, France–August 19, 1905 – La Rochelle, France

Impressionism, Russian Modernism

Konstantin Korovin

December 5, 1861 – Moscow, Russian Empire–September 11, 1939 – Paris, France

Suprematism, Russian Avant-Garde

Kazimir Malevich

February 23, 1879 – Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)–May 15, 1935 – Leningrad, Soviet Union

Expressionism, School of Paris

Chaim Soutine

January 13, 1893 – Smilavichy, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus)–August 9, 1943 – Paris, France

Les Nabis, Post-Impressionism, Modernism

Édouard Vuillard

November 11, 1868 – Cuiseaux, France–June 21, 1940 – La Baule, France

Symbolism, Expressionism, Modernism

Edvard Munch

December 12, 1863 – Løten, Norway–January 23, 1944 – Ekely, Oslo, Norway

Abstract Art, Expressionism, Der Blaue Reiter, Bauhaus

Wassily Kandinsky

December 16, 1866 – Moscow, Russian Empire–December 13, 1944 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

German Expressionism, Die Brücke

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

May 6, 1880 – Aschaffenburg, Germany–June 15, 1938 – Frauenkirch, Switzerland