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PAINTINGS

Find out more about Pablo Picasso, one of the 20th century's most acclaimed artists.

Jake Rossen




You know about Michelangelo's famous artwork, but what about his life? Find out more about the iconic artist.

Jason Serafino




















Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa

A wrenching scene of shipwrecked men helpless in the grips of the ocean, Théodore Géricault's 'The Raft of the Medusa' is heralded as one of the most influential works of French Romanticism. But the story behind this 1819 painting is far richer and more t

Kristy Puchko