Portraits of Artists

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Stored alongside original letters, diaries, and sketchbooks in the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art are thousands of photographs of artists and art world figures. This set includes nineteenth and early twentieth-century images that provide a glimpse into the private lives of the artists–their studios, their homes, their families. Many more are available for viewing using the Archives’ Search Images feature.

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items are from between 1880 & 05 May 2008.