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... Paris , in 1924. After his death he was honoured with four major posthumous exhibitions , in 1935 at Madrid and in Paris , in 1947 in Paris , and in 1955 at the Venice Bienmale . Gargallo achieved recognition in the 1920s for his ...
... Paris , in 1924. After his death he was honoured with four major posthumous exhibitions , in 1935 at Madrid and in Paris , in 1947 in Paris , and in 1955 at the Venice Bienmale . Gargallo achieved recognition in the 1920s for his ...
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... Paris , then taught there while making im- portant pioneering contributions to the study of building materials . About 1767 he thought of linking the Loire and the Rhône by a canal , for which he drew plans . Work began under his ...
... Paris , then taught there while making im- portant pioneering contributions to the study of building materials . About 1767 he thought of linking the Loire and the Rhône by a canal , for which he drew plans . Work began under his ...
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... Paris ) , genre and portrait painter who initiated a late- 18th - century vogue for sentimental and mor- alizing anecdotes in paintings . He studied first at Lyons and afterward at the Academy in Paris , where he was befriended by J ...
... Paris ) , genre and portrait painter who initiated a late- 18th - century vogue for sentimental and mor- alizing anecdotes in paintings . He studied first at Lyons and afterward at the Academy in Paris , where he was befriended by J ...
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