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Carl Spitzweg
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“Poor Poet,” painting by Carl Spitzweg, 1839; in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
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Carl Spitzweg: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 01, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Carl Spitzweg. May 02, 2016
Add new Web site: Sphinx Fine Art - Biography of Carl Spitzweg. May 02, 2016
Add new Web site: The Famous Artists - Biography of Carl Spitzweg. Oct 20, 2015
Add new Web site: Art Directory - Biography of Carl Spitzweg. Sep 04, 2012
Add new Web site: Art Directory - Biography of Carl Spitzweg. Sep 04, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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