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Pierre Soulages in his studio circa 1958

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Detail of the shoulder of Lilian Ramcharan, a security manager at Rembrandt House Museum after she received a tattoo of 'Rembrandt’s elephant'.

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"La Bourguignonne" was painted by Amedeo C. Modigliani in 1918.

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Amy Sherald (R) unveils her portrait of Michelle Obama with the former First Lady herself

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Verfmolen De Kat is the world's last remaining mill using wind power to crush rocks into fine dust and make paint pigment.

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Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi's painting "Allegory of Inclination" in corner (on the right side)

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Pierre Soulages in 2019, the year the Paris Louvre honoured him with a retrospective

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Jean-Michel Meurice in 2016.

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