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Artists in 60 Seconds: Diane Arbus
A biographical profile of Diane Arbus (1923-1971), American photographer.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Johannes Vermeer
A biographical profile of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Dutch Baroque painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Benvenuto Cellini
A biographical profile of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian Mannerist sculptor and engraver.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Shepard Fairey
A biographical profile of Shepard Fairey (b. 1970), American Contemporary artist.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Andrew Wyeth
A biographical profile of Andrew Wyeth, American painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Sandro Botticelli
A biographical profile of Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi; 1444-1510), 15th century Italian Renaissance painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Joan Miró
A biographical profile of Joan Miró (1893-1983), Spanish Surrealist painter, sculptor, printmaker and decorative artist.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Grace Hartigan
A biographical profile of Grace Hartigan (1922-2008), American Abstract Expressionist painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Francis Bacon
A biographical profile of Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Irish-born British Expressionistic painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Joseph Cornell
A biographical profile of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), American Assemblage artist, filmmaker and poet.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)
A biographical profile of Raphael (Raffaelo Sanzio) (1483-1520), painter in the Italian High Renaissance.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Diego Velázquez
A biographical profile of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660), Spanish Baroque painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
A biographical profile of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), Italian Baroque painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Gustave Courbet
A biographical profile of Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), French Realistic painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
A biographical profile of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), 1541-1614, Greek-born Spanish Mannerist painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Marc Chagall
A biographical profile of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Russian-born French painter, designer and lithographer.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
A biographical profile of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569), Flemish Northern Renaissance painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Hieronymus Bosch
A biographical profile of Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450-1516), Netherlandish painter of the Northern Renaissance.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Hans Holbein the Younger
A biographical profile of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), German Northern Renaissance painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi)
A biographical profile of Donatello (1386-1466), Italian Early Renaissance sculptor.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Käthe Kollwitz
A biographical profile of Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), German Expressionist draftswoman and sculptor.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Franz Kline
A biographical profile of Franz Kline (1910-1962), American Abstract Expressionist painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Francisco de Goya
A biographical profile of Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish Romantic painter, engraver and political satirist.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
A biographical profile of Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (ca. 1489-1534), Italian Mannerist painter.

Artists in 60 Seconds: Mary Cassatt
A biographical profile of Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), American Impressionist painter and printmaker.

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