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Paintings for the Future

The expressionist and abstract art movement emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. Names like Kandinsky, Mondrian and Pollock come to mind. However, it is a woman born in 1862, in Stockholm, Sweden, who experimented with that style years before those great ones. Her name, Hilma af Klint, pioneer of abstract art. Continue reading “Paintings for the Future”

Blog English, Country, New York City, United States of America

New York Public Library

In the mid-nineteenth century, the city of New York had a population larger than that of Paris and was approaching in size the population of London, the most populous city of the world at that time. Great leaders of the city visualized that to become a world-class city, something more than having a large population had to be done. One of the important elements missing from New York City was a proper library.

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