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Cezanne Posters

A selection of Paul Cézanne’s most famous paintings, for perusing or purchasing, in cooperation with AllPosters.com.

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About Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in a small western state of India called Porbandar.  His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.  His fathers before him were the prime ministers of the princes of Porbandar.  Gandhi admired his mother and the way she could fast for long periods of time.  At the age [...]

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About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an author that wrote about mystery, murder, cannibalism and mayhem.  He started writing at a young age and was able to publish his first book of poems at the age of 18.  As the years passed, Edgar Allan Poe was able to publish more books of poetry, write stories for newspapers [...]

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About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is one of the iconic story-tellers and writers in history. With popular stories like A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens literary work is truly outstanding. Charles John Huffam Dickens is his complete name as he was born on Fenruary 7, 1812. Among all English writers, he [...]

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About Claude Monet

Oscar Claude Monet was born in 1840 and is well known as the founder of the 19th century art movement called Impressionism. He was a French impressionist and many say that his painting Impression: Series was actually the inspiration to coin the term Impressionism. Monet was a painter that believed in expression of your own [...]

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About Rudyard Kipling

The author of The Jungle Book and creator of icon characters like Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling is one of the most praised and honored British writers of all time. Born in 1865 in Bombay, (now Mombai) and sent to be educated in England, Kipling learned at a young age to work and to learn. Rudyard Kipling [...]

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Ten Facts About Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who painted in the Impressionist style. Renoir’s paintings portray the beauty and color of life and the sensuality of women. Renoir’s love of art and painting started when he was just a boy and his paintings are now counted among some of the most valuable and influential in the [...]

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Ten Facts About Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and the man responsible for the majority of the wording in the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was a lawyer, horticulturist, writer, politician, and leader. For all of Jefferson’s contributions in making America what it is today his face is on the two dollar bill. 1. [...]

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About Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree, and was born into slavery in New York in 1797. Her original name was after her father’s owner, Mr. Baumfree. During her early life Truth was sold several times. She eventually married a fellow slave named Thomas, who worked for the Dumont family. Together Truth and Thomas had five [...]

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Ten Facts About Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913, died October 24, 2005. Her full name is Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. She is famous today for her civil rights activism, but mostly for being the black woman who refused to give up her seat on a city bus. 1. The famous bus ride In Montgomery, Alabama, on [...]

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