| 15th April 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci born
Painter, sculpter, chemist, biologist, astronomer, inventor the list of skills and sciences that LDV mastered in his lifetime is so extensive that it easier just to describe him as a genius.
For more information see :http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
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| 6th March 1475 | Michelangelo Buonarroti born
Most famous for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is but one of the many masterpieces that this great artist created.
For more information see :http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html
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| 15th July 1606 | Rembrandt Van Rijn born
Dutch old master most famed for his painting the Nightwatch
For more information see :http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a473-1.html
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| 31st October 1632 | Jan Vermeer born
17th century Dutch artist.
For more information see :http://www.mystudios.com/vermeer/
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| 14th May 1727 | Thomas Gainsborough born
Great 18th century english artist most noted for his portraits.
For more information see :http://www.gainsborough.org/
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| 19th January 1839 | Paul Cezanne born
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| 14th November 1840 | Claude Monet born
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| 7th June 1848 | Paul Gauguin born
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| 30th March 1853 | Vincent Van Gogh born
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| 31st December 1869 | Henri Matisse born
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| 25th October 1881 | Pablo Picasso born
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| 29th July 1890 | Vincent Van Gogh kills himself
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| 20th April 1893 | Joan Miró born
Catalan artist
For more information see :http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/miro.html
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| 9th September 1901 | Artist Toulouse-Lautrec dies
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| 20th February 1902 | Ansel Adams born
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| 8th May 1903 | Artist Paul Gauguin dies
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| 17th July 1903 | Artist James Whistler dies
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| 11th May 1904 | Salvador Dali born
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| 22nd October 1906 | Artist Paul Cezanne dies
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| 2nd September 1910 | Artist Henri Rousseau dies
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| 28th January 1912 | Jackson Pollock born
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| 26th September 1917 | Artist Edgar Degas dies
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| 17th November 1917 | Sculpter Auguste Rodin dies
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| 26th November 1922 | Charles Schulz born
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| 6th December 1926 | Artist Claude Monet dies
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| 6th August 1928 | Andy Warhol born
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| 8th April 1973 | Pablo Picasso dies
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