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271:Art career
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1283:Hyde Park
1228:Ever Rest
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394:feminists
371:Manhattan
367:Civil War
331:Nuremberg
291:The Forge
194:in 1880.
188:Silverton
720:Archived
390:Ann Hall
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210:school.
172:New York
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102:Movement
96:Painting
87:American
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1155:Museums
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828:Realism
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207:William
192:Durango
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