Peder Severin Krøyer: 18 cool facts

Many of Peder Severin Kroyer’s paintings depict beach scenes, showing casual beach life and local fishermen. Peder Severin Kroyer, summer night with Anna Ancher and Marie Kroyer at Skagen South Beach, 1893. He is one of the most famous and popular artists in Skagen, and the most dynamic community of Danish and Nordic artists living, …

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11 facts about Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry CBE RA (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as competently as his remarks of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British “prejudices, fashions and foibles”. Perry’s vases have classical forms and are bejeweled in clever colours, …

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13 facts about Henry Moore

Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located re the world as public works of art. As competently as sculpture, Moore produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz …

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