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Many people know that Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a founder of French Impressionism, a master of landscape painting whose works include Impression, Sunrise and Water Lilies. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he created the ponds featuring those water lilies and spent 30 years painting 250 oils of them; that his water-lily work Le Bassin aux Nymphease sold in 2008 4 million dollars; that his painting Cliffs Near Dieppe was stolen not once but...
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The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel (1883-1971) was a prolific French fashion designer and founder of the House of Chanel, who ruled over Parisian haute couture for...
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"Many people know that David Bowie (1947-2016) was an iconic singer, songwriter and actor, whose lyrics, performances and everchanging persona were at the heart of pop culture for over five decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he could play 14 different instruments, including the saxophone, koto and viola; that he was the first major artist to release a downloadable single; that he sold over 140 million albums; and that he once shared a...
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"Many people know that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican artist who lived in the famous Blue House and whose work includes The Two Fridas. What, perhaps, they don't know is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portrait; that her painting Two Nudes in a Forest holds the record for a Latin American artwork, have sold for $8 million in 2016; that she married her husband twice; or that she arrived in an ambulance for her first solo exhibition in Mexico....
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