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Eva Gonzalès (French, 1849–1883)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Born into an affluent Parisian family in 1849, Eva Gonzalès was immersed in artistic circles from an early age, meeting critics and writers who gathered at her family’s home.

Suzanne Valadon (French, 1865–1938)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Born to an unmarried maid in 1865, Suzanne Valadon became a professional artist against all odds. Forced to support herself from the age of 10, she worked odd jobs in her Montmartre neighborhood in Paris as a waitress, nanny, and acrobat before becoming an artist’s model when she was 15.

Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The influential work of Käthe Kollwitz resulted from the horrors that marked her life. Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1867, she was destined to experience the direct consequences of both World Wars.

Gwen John (British, 1876–1939)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Born in Wales in 1876, Gwen John had an unfortunate childhood marked by the death of her mother and subsequent restricted home life. In 1895, at the age of 19, she began her artistic education at the Slade School of Fine Art in London alongside her younger brother Augustus, who also became a painter.

Gabriele Münter (German, 1877–1962)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Gabriele Münter was born in Berlin into an upper-middle-class family in 1877. Growing up, Münter had a passion for drawing and began taking private lessons in the studio of Ernst Bosch in Düsseldorf.

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881–1962)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Born in Negayevo in 1881, Natalia Goncharova was a pioneer of Russian avant-garde art. Her father was an architect and graduate of the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture—the same school where she began her early training as a sculptor from around 1898 to 1910.