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	<description>Interior Decorating Blog focusing on oil paintings, art and wall decor. A weblog devoted to home decorators with Interior design tips for decorating your office or home with handmade oil paintings.</description>
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		<title>What makes art never go out of style?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I march through the many museums and cultural centers around the world, I encounter numerous works of art. These works carved a certain nitch in art history and could only be found on museum walls.
These exquisite oil paintings might be very expensive; they might be prestigious and even meaningful to many. The art pieces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Gogh&#8217;s hidden treasures come to light&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a well known fact that Vincent Van Gogh would paint over his own work again and again. 
Now, in 2008 scientists have finally revealed the portrait of a woman thought to have been hiding just under the surface of &#8220;Patch of Grass,&#8221; created in 1887. This new technique based on &#8220;synchrotron radiation induced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Art Ever Be More Complete - Mark Rothko</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share with you this amazing video of Mark Rothko, narrated by Simon Schama, part of &#8220;The Power of Art&#8221; BBC show, depicting Schama&#8217;s impression of Mark Rothko&#8217;s Secret paintings at the Tate Modern Museum:



It&#8217;s a wonderful tribute to such an influential artist. Rothko&#8217;s passionate yet simple creations transcend above the canvas and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happey Birthday Chagall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marc Chagall was born on July 7th, 1887 in Vitebsk, Belo Russia - the oldest of nine children. He was a French painter and stained glass artist until his death 1985.
Much has been said and written about this talented artesian, his ability to define the light of the Jewish faith in the &#8220;Gola&#8221; has made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Color on Claude Monet&#8217;s Poppies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Claude Monet painted The Poppy Field, near Argenteuil in 1873. Painted in the wildflower fields outside Argenteuil, this painting reveals Monet&#8217;s passion for color. With dabs of reds, he scatters the poppies in a natural abundance through a lush green field.
Poppies, Near Argenteuil, Claude Monet, 1873.




						
					
In the foreground, Monet illustrated his darling Camille and their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monet Water Lily Sold for $80 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week a Claude Monet water lily painting was sold for more than $80 million, breaking the record for the famous French artist – the father of impressionism.
The painting is called &#8220;Water Lily Pond,&#8221; which was part of a four-work collection of water lily paintings that Monet created during the latter part of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217;Keeffe - More than Flowers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Georgia Totto O’Keeffe, like most artists, had a life that was to say at the very least interesting.
Georgia O’Keeffe was a poor Midwest farm girl who became the first woman allowed to have one-woman art shows by major museums. When creating her works she liked to undress, get down on her knees and sketch onto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salvador Dali on &#8220;What&#8217;s My Line?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This ten minute clip is drawn from the famous 1950s game show, &#8220;What&#8217;s My Line?&#8221;
It&#8217;s so cool to see this beloved artist try and explain with yes and no answers what exactly does he do&#8230;
How would you describe Salvador Dali? An artist first and foremost, but also a performer, writer, designer, animator, architect,  creator&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picasso&#8217;s Seven Lovers and Muse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fernande, Eva, Olga, Marie-Therese, Dora, Francoise, Jacqueline. These were the women who shaped the life and art of Pablo Picasso.
Fernande Olivier was Picasso’s first love. Her presence showed a significant change in his female nude art. He was a jealous lover and often kept Fernande locked up when he went out alone.
Picasso left Fernande nine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.overstockart.com/picasso-seven-lovers-and-muse/</link>
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		<title>Diego Rivera - Artist, Womanizer, Canibal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886; his twin brother died a little over a year old and Rivera fell sick. On the advice of a doctor, the boy was sent to the mountains with his nanny, later boasting that she was the first of his many conquests. He established himself as a [...]]]></description>
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