The Museum of Fine Arts (, MSK) an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership, be accessible to all, or have restrictions in place. Although ...

Ghent Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...

, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark (near the

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (commonly abbreviated as S.M.A.K., translated as ''City Museum for Contemporary Art'') is a relatively new museum located in Ghent, Belgium, and is renowned both for its permanent collection (Art & Langua ...

). The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Over 600 works can be found on display permanently, with the collection largely focusing on Flemish Art (Southern Netherlands). It also houses several European—especially French—paintings, in addition to a large amount of sculptures. Next to its permanent collection the museum organises temporary exhibitions. Between March 2011 and January 2021, the museum conducted 41 exhibitions. The building was designed by city architect

Charles van Rysselberghe Charles van Rysselberghe (25 July 1850 – 30 April 1920) was a Belgian architect. Biography Carolus Julianus van Rysselberghe was born in Meerle, Hoogstraten, on 25 July 1850. He was trained at the Academy of Ghent, studying there between 1863 a ...

around 1900. In 2007 the museum reopened after four years of restoration. The museum is a member of The Flemish Art Collection. This is a structural partnership joining the three main museums of fine arts in Flanders: Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the Groeninge Museum in Bruges and the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts. The museums’ collections have all been developed in a similar way and complement each other perfectly. Together, they offer a unique, representative overview of Flemish art from the 15th to the 20th century. As partners sharing the same responsibility in Belgian cultural heritage, the three museums exchange their expertise, they strive for a more sustainable, high quality management and international awareness of their collections, including works that are part of the world patrimony.

Paintings

Heinrich Funk - Landscape at Dusk in Tyrol - high resolution

Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach - Das Sinai-Katharinenkloster 1892

Theodoor Rombouts - Allegory of the five senses

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Josse Sébastien van den Abeele Josse may refer to * Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Josse **Saint-Josse, a place in France **Sint Joost, a place in the Netherlands **Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, a place in Belgium * Josse, a variant of the name Jodocus * Josse, Landes, a place in Fran ...

- ''Self Portrait'' (19th century
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Abraham van Beijeren Abraham Hendriksz van Beijeren or Abraham van BeyerenAlso known as 'Abraham van Bergaren (c. 1620, The Hague – March 1690, Overschie (Rotterdam)) was a Dutch Baroque painter of still lifes. Little recognized in his day and initially active as a ...

- ''Still Life with Fish'' (1666
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Frits Van den Berghe Frits Van den Berghe (3 April 1883 – 23 September 1939) was a Belgian Expressionism, expressionist and Surrealism, surrealist Painting, painter and illustrator. Biography He was born in Ghent, where his father was the Librarian at the Univers ...

- ''The Singing Statue'' (1928
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* Pieter de Bloot - ''Landscape with a Farmhouse '' (c.1645
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Jan Boeckhorst Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst (Münster, c. 1604 – Antwerp, 21 April 1668) was a Germany, German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked most of his career in Antwerp. He was a versatile artist who produced history pain ...

- ''Apollo and Python'' (17th century
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Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (; ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch people, Dutch painter from Duchy of Brabant, Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, gene ...

- '' St. Jerome at Prayer'' (c.1485
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Anna Boch Anna-Rosalie Boch (10 February 1848 – 25 February 1936), known as Anna, was a Belgium, Belgian Painting, painter, art collector, and the only female member of the artistic group, Les XX. Born in La Louvière, Saint-Vaast, Hainaut Province, Hai ...

- ''Cliffs on the Coast of Sanary'' (1936
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- '' Christ Carrying the Cross'' (c.1510
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Ferdinand De Braekeleer the Elder Ferdinand de Braekeleer (Antwerp, 12 February 1792 – Antwerp, 16 May 1883), sometimes spelled as Ferdinand de Braeckeleer, was a Flanders, Flemish painter and printmaker.

- ''The Bat'' (1860
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Jan de Bray Jan de Bray ( – April 4, 1697) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam. Jan de Bray was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the portrait ...

- ''Portrait of a Young Woman'' (c.1665
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Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Younger ( , ; ; between 23 May and 10 October 1564 – between March and May 1638) was a Flemish painting, Flemish painter known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder's ...

- ''Wedding Dance in the Open Air'' (17th century
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Emile Claus Emile Claus (27 September 1849 – 14 June 1924) was a Belgian painter. Life Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West Flanders (Belgium), at the banks of the river Lys (river), Lys. Emile was the twe ...

- ''The Skaters'' (1891
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Gaspar de Crayer Gaspar de Crayer or Jasper de CrayerName variations: Caspar de Crayer and Gaspard de Crayer (18 November 1584 – 27 January 1669) was a Flemish painter known for his many Counter-Reformation altarpieces and portraits. He was a court painter ...

- ''The Judgement of Solomon'' (c.1620
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Paul Delvaux Paul Delvaux (; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, alt ...

- ''The Staircase'' (1946
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* Gustave Den Duyts - ''Panoramic View of Ghent'' (c.1881
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Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (; ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of ...

- '' Jupiter and Antiope'' (c.1620
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* Henri Evenepoel - ''The Spaniard in Paris /Portrait of the Painter Francisco Iturrino'' (1899
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James Ensor James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic ...

- ''Children at their Morning Toilet '' (1886
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Heinrich Funk Heinrich Funk (1807–1877) was a German landscape painter. Biography Funk was born in Herford, Westphalia. He was a pupil of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer at the Düsseldorf Academy. In 1836 he settled in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () ...

- ''Landscape at Dusk in Tyrol '' (1847
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Théodore Géricault Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer, whose best-known painting is '' The Raft of the Medusa''. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romanti ...

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Portrait of a Kleptomaniac ''Portrait of a Kleptomaniac'' or ''Portrait of an Insane Person'' ( or aka ) is an 1822 oil painting by Théodore Géricault. It is part of series of ten portraits made for the psychiatrist Étienne-Jean Georget and is currently kept in the M ...

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* Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder - ''Still Life with Vegetables and Fruits'
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* James Guthrie - ''Schoolmates'' (1884
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Cornelis de Heem Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given na ...

- ''Still Life with Flowers and Fruits'' (1670
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Maarten van Heemskerck Maarten van Heemskerck (born Maerten Jacobsz van Veen; 1 June 1498 – 1 October 1574), also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan ...

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Man of Sorrows Man of Sorrows, a biblical term, is paramount among the prefigurations of the Messiah identified by the Bible in the passages of Isaiah 53 ('' Servant songs'') in the Hebrew Bible. It is also an iconic devotional image that shows Christ, usual ...

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- ''Calvary'' (1543
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Jacob Jordaens Jacques (Jacob) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678Jacques Jordaens
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- ''The Judgement of Midas'' (17th century
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Fernand Khnopff Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. Life Youth and training Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopf ...

- ''Incense'' (1898
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* Urbanus Leyniers - ''The Glorification of Apollo'' (1717
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Léon Augustin Lhermitte Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

- ''The Grandmother'' (1880
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Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes (January 1634December 1693 (buried 24 December 1693)) was a Dutch Republic, Dutch painter known for his Genre painting, genre scenes, Portrait painting, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Re ...

- ''Portrait of a Woman'' (1663
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Alessandro Magnasco Alessandro Magnasco (February 4, 1667 – March 12, 1749), also known as il Lissandrino, was an Italian late-Baroque painter active mostly in Milan and Genoa. He is best known for stylized, fantastic, often phantasmagoric genre or landscape sce ...

''Praying Monks'' (18th century
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René Magritte René François Ghislain Magritte (; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgium, Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature ...

- ''Perspective II, Manet's Balcony '' (1950
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Harrington Mann Harrington Mann (7 October 1864 – 28 February 1937) was a Scotland, Scottish portrait artist and decorative painter. He was a member of the Glasgow Boys movement in the 1880s. Art career Mann was born in Glasgow and began his studies at the ...

- ''Kathleen'' (1906
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Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach (17 February 1856 – 24 May 1893) was a German landscape painter. Biography He was born in Berlin, the son of a professor of pathological anatomy, Johann Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach (1821-1856) and his wife Theophile ...

- ''The St Catherine Monastery in the Sinai'' (19th century
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Paula Modersohn-Becker Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) was a German Expressionist painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is noted for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. She is conside ...

- ''Girl in a Birch Forest'' (1903
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Jenny Montigny Jeanne (Jenny) Montigny (8 December 1875, Ghent – 31 October 1937, Deurle) was a Belgian painter. Life Montigny's father was a lawyer and government official who oversaw several boards and commissions and was later Dean of the law faculty at ...

- ''The Gardener'' (20th Century
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Joseph Paelinck Joseph Paelinck, (20 March 1781 – 19 June 1839) was a painter from the Southern Netherlands. Biography Paelinck attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) and then with Jacques-Louis David in Paris, where he painted in 1804 ''A Judgment ...

- ''The Beautiful Anthia Leading her Companions into the Temple of Diana in Ephesus'' (1820
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* Fanny Paelinck-Horgnies - ''The Saint Cecilia'' (1829
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Constant Permeke Constant Permeke (; 31 July 1886 – 4 January 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish Expressionism. Biography Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ost ...

- ''Ostend Harbour'' (c.1913
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* Nicolas de Plattemontagne - ''Portrait of a Young Man '' (17th century
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Ramah Ramah may refer to: In ancient Israel * Ramathaim-Zophim, the birthplace of Samuel * Ramoth-Gilead, a Levite city of refuge * Ramah in Benjamin, mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah and also in the Gospel of Matthew * Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramot ...

- ''The Painter'' (1922
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* Hubert van Ravesteyn - ''Still Life with a Pipe, Nuts, a Pitcher and a Tobacco Pouch'' (1670
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* Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot - ''The Meet'' (1743
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Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...

- '' The Flagellation of Christ'' (1617
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* Peter Paul Rubens - '' Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata'' (c.1633
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Théo van Rysselberghe Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 13 December 1926) was a Belgian Neo-impressionism, neo-impressionist Painting, painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. Bi ...

- ''The Lecture by Emile Verhaeren, 1903'' (1903
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Theodoor Rombouts Theodoor Rombouts (2 July 1597 – 14 September 1637) was a Flanders, Flemish painter who is mainly known for his Caravaggism, Caravaggesque genre painting, genre scenes depicting lively dramatic gatherings as well as religiously themed works. ...

- ''Allegory of the Five Senses '' (1632
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* Theodoor Rombouts - ''Allegory of the Second Bench of Aldermen of ‘Gedele’'' (c.1627
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* Hugo Salmson - ''Visiting the Tenant Farmer'' (19th century
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Gustave De Smet Gustave Franciscus De Smet (21 January 1877 – 8 October 1943) was a Belgian painter. Together with Constant Permeke and Frits Van den Berghe, he was one of the founders of Flemish Expressionism. His younger brother, , also became a painter. ...

- ''The Good House'' (1926
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Leon De Smet Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

- ''Interior or A Loving Couple'' (1911
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Léon Spilliaert Léon Spilliaert (also Leon Spilliaert; 28 July 1881 – 23 November 1946) was a Belgian draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer and painter. In his early career, he contributed to the development of symbolism in the visual arts in Belgium ...

- ''Silhouette of the Artist'' (1907
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* Léon Spilliaert - ''The Second of November (Interior)'' (1908
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* Alfred Stevens - ''Mary-Magdalene'' (1887
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Tintoretto Jacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto ( ; , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized th ...

- ''Portrait of Giovanni Paolo Cornaro'' (1561
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Edgard Tytgat Edgard Tytgat (28 April 1879 in Brussels – 11 January 1957 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Woluwe-Saint-Lambert ( French, ) or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe ( Dutch, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common wi ...

- ''Invitation to Paradise'' (1922
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* Edgard Tytgat - ''The Last Doll'' (1923
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* Edgard Tytgat - ''Four Nude Girls in a Boat'' (1950
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Lodewijk de Vadder Lodewijk de Vadder (1605, Grimbergen – 1655, Brussels) was a Southern Netherlands, Flemish Baroque landscape painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer.Hans Devisscher. "Lodewijk de Vadder" Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxf ...

- ''The Soignes Forest with Market Vendors '' (17th century
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Frans Verhas Frans Verhas or Franz Verhas (Dendermonde, 1827 – Schaerbeek, 1897)Franz Verhas
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- ''The Lion'' (1874
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Cornelis de Vos Cornelis de Vos (1584 - 9 May 1651) was a Flemish painter, Drawing, draughtsman and art dealer. He was one of the leading portrait painters in Antwerp and is best known for his sensitive portraits, in particular of children and families. He w ...

- ''Family Portrait'' (1630
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Anna De Weert Anna De Weert, née Cogen; Anna Virginie Caroline De Weert (27 May 1867, Ghent – 12 May 1950, Ghent) was a Belgian painter. She would paint in the Luminist style. Life Weert was born in Ghent as Anna Virginie Caroline Cogen. Her family were ...

- ''My Studio in June, 1909-1910'' (1909–10
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Liévin De Winne Liévin De Winne (Ghent, 24 January 1821 - Brussels, 13 May 1880) was a Belgian portrait painter who painted the official portrait of Leopold I of Belgium, Leopold I on which the first postage stamp of Belgium was based. De Winne was a pupil of ...

- ''Portrait of the Sculptor Paul De Vigne '' (19th century
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Gustave Van de Woestyne Gustave Van de Woestijne (; 2 August 1881 – 21 April 1947) was a Belgium, Belgian expressionism, expressionist Painting, painter. He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of S ...

- ''Still Life'' (c.1922
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Carel Willink Albert Carel Willink (; 7 March 1900 – 19 October 1983) was a Dutch painter. He followed a style of Magical realism, which he called "imaginary realism". Early life and education Albert Carel Willink was born on 7 March 1900 in Amsterda ...

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Anders Zorn Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. His portrait subjects include King Oscar II of Sweden and three President of the Un ...

- ''With Mother'' (1895
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Puccio di Simone Puccio di Simone (fl. 1346–1358) was an Italian Gothic painter, active in Florence. Biography Puccio di Simone is also known as the Master of the Fabriano Altarpiece. He was a student of Bernardo Daddi in Florence. He is mentioned between 1348 ...

- ''Coronation of Virgin'' (c.1350
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The Flemish Art Collection
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