Auguste Renoir - Reading 1889

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Mäda Primavesi was, by her own account, an independent, assertive
young girl, qualities amply captured in this portrait of her at about
nine years old. Gustav Klimt made numerous preliminary sketches
for the picture, experimenting with different poses and background
motifs before he arrived at the present composition - art-Klimt.com

Salvador Dalí, in a period of intense interest in Roman Catholic mysticism at the time,
symbolically portrayed Columbus bringing Christianity and the true church to a new
world as a great and holy accomplishment. Gala Dalí, the painter's wife, whom he often
depicted as the Virgin Mary, poses the for role of The Blessed Virgin on the banner in
the right hand of Columbus. She appears as a Saint, suggesting that she is Dalí's
muse and that she is responsible for his own, "Discovery of America". - art-Dali.com

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Auguste Renoir 1841-1919