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Did you know that Amadeo Modigliani was given a single solo exhibition during his lifetime…and the police shut it down on its opening day? Discover 7 intriguing facts about the artist on his birthday

Did you know that Amadeo Modigliani was given a single solo exhibition during his lifetime…and the police shut it down on its opening day? Discover 7 intriguing facts about the artist on his birthday

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FRANCE. Paris. 9th arrrondissement .1976 National Opera School Dance. 

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Auguste Rodin in his Studio (Atelier)

Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924) French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building his “Ideal Palace. "My foot tripped on a stone that almost made me fall. I wanted to know what it was… It was a stone of such a strange shape that I put it in my pocket to admire it at my ease. The next day, I went back to the same place. I found more stones, even more beautiful, I gathered them together on the spot and was overcome with delight… I said to myself: since Nature is willing to do the sculpture, I will do the masonry and the architecture”

Costa Brava village, Spain 1955

Cartoons for your Saturday morning: Art world personalities, from Frida Kahlo to Keith Haring.  

"I don’t do drugs. I am drugs." - Salvador Dalí, who was born on this day in 1904. 

Qian Yongning - In the distance 1

Qian Yongning - In the distance 15

* Music from the movie “Good Bye, Lenin!”

* Awesome upright double bass solo!