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Artist Twitter Backgrounds: Marc Chagall

on May 17th, 2011 in Viuu Art News by Viuu | 1 Comment

Admire the vivid paintings of Marc Chagall through our artist Twitter backgrounds! Belarusian, French, Jewish modernist artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was inspired by cubism, symbolism and fauvism. . Chagall went to Paris in 1910 to pursue his career as an artist and to develop his artistic style. Cubism was his…

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Artist Twitter Backgrounds: Joan Miro

on April 11th, 2011 in Viuu Art News by Viuu | No Comments

This week’s artist twitter backgrounds are made from the fantastic paintings of Joan Miró, whose work will be on display at the Tate Modern from 14 April to 11 September, 2011. . Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist and one of the first surrealists. He…

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Artist Twitter Backgrounds: Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern

on April 5th, 2011 in Viuu Art News by Viuu | No Comments

Admire the many colours and strange creatures of this week’s artist twitter backgrounds. Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern was a German surrealist painter. He was self-taught due to an unstable family background. His story is quite extraordinary, since he didn’t start painting until he was about 60. Sonnenstern didn’t have an art degree…

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