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Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716-1780) “Portrait of the Artist” (1746) “Still Life with Pumpkins” (1765/1775) Oil on canvas

Meléndez excelled in the art of drawing, as is celebrated in his self-portrait, depicting himself holding on of his pieces. Though he received little acclaim during his lifetime and died in poverty, Meléndez is recognized as the greatest Spanish still-life painter of the 18th century.  Remarkably, this self-portrait is the only known portrait by him.

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Selma Burke (1900-1995), influential African-American sculptor and educator of the Harlem Renaissance who founded two art schools

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419 | Spent some time at the gorgeous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston ✨

Currently Listening - Ghosts, The Head and the Heart

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Japanese star map. Tenmon Bun’ya no zu map showing divisions of the heavens and regions they govern, 1677.

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