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The life of Henry James, who left America for a cosmopolitan life in Europe before settling in England and contributing multiple masterpieces to its literature.
Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico was the founder of the Metaphysical painting movement, which became an important precursor to Surrealist art.
Salvador Dali’s eccentricities and shocking political views once led to his official expulsion from the Surrealist circles.
Vincent van Gogh's oeuvre is complex and interesting, much like his life. Here are 10 facts about the artist that everyone should know.
Best remembered for the story that gave us the ballet The Nutcracker, ETA Hoffmann wrote many uncanny, supernatural tales. Here are five of them.
Elsa Schiaparelli fused Surrealism and couture to transform the female body into a site of imagination, subversion, and art.
Jane Austen’s novels advocated virtuous living, drawing on Aristotelian ideas of virtue and implicit Christian virtues to find the middle path to happiness.
Discover the works of Thomas Hardy, a Victorian writer who captured the intricacies of families and relationships within his texts through evocative, poetic prose.
