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This 1881 painting by Renoir was one of a few paintings created by Renoir on the same subject. Renoir was one of the leading painters among the French Impressionists in the late 19th century.

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The size of the original painting by Renoir is 180cm by 90cm. Done in 1883, it is in the collection of Musee d'Orsay in Paris. This painting and his other painting "Dance in the City" were designed as a pair.

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The size of the original painting by Renoir is 180cm by 90cm. Done in 1883, it is in the collection of Musee d'Orsay in Paris. This painting and his other painting "Dance in the Country" were designed as a pair.

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A portrait originally painted in 1880 and is in a private collection.

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A portrait originally painted in 1880 and is in a private collection.

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Degas did many versions of seated dancers using pastel on paper. This painting is based on the drawing which is in Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

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This painting is based on a drawing in pastel done by Degas in 1889. The original drawing is in Hamburger Kunsthalle in Germany.

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Degas created numerous sketches of ballerinas on stage, backstage and in dance studios. This painting was based on one of his drawings done in pastel.

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Degas created numerous sketches of ballerinas on stage, backstage and in dance studios. This painting was based on one of his drawings done in pastel. The original drawing is in Pushkin Museum, Moscow.

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This painting created around 1818 by the German artist Caspar David Friedrich, is currently in the collection of Kunstalle Hamburg. It is considered as one of the masterpieces of Romanticism.

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This famous 17th century painting by Dutch Golden Age painter, Johannes Vermeer is in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

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Eretat is a fishing village on the Normandy coast, France. This beach scene was captured by the Dutch painter Johan-Barthold Jongkind, in 1865.

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This portrait, painted in 1907-09 shows the personal space of the Welsh artist, Gwen John in Paris. There is a sense of quietness and order in this scene. "My room is so delicious after a whole day outside. It seems to me that I am not myself except in my room.' she wrote to the French sculptor, Rodin.

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This famous painting by the Italian Renaissance artist da Vinci is believed to be painted in 1503-06. However, da Vinci continued to work on it till 1517 and it was acquired by King Francis I of France, hence the painting is on permanent display at the Louvre Museum, Paris.

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This version of Tableau 1 originally created by Mondrian in 1921 is one of his earlier works that demonstrated his new approach to abstract art. Using vertical and horizontal black lines and primary colours, the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian shaped an artwork consisting of basic elements.

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