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Cezanne family home opens to the public as Aix-en-Provence fetes its famous former resident

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Mural discovery Cezanne was a 20-year-old law student when his father, Louis-Auguste, bought a house and a farm on what was then the outskirts of Aix and is now an unremarkable residential neighbourhood. Several Sainte-Victoires will be on view, including the 1888 La Montagne Sainte-Victoire , which sold at auction in 2022 for $137.8m

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Exploring Brazilian Modernism: A Fusion of Tradition and Innovation

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September 2022) Oscar Niemeyer “I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man,” explained Oscar Niemeyer. “I Oscar Niemeyer in front of the Cathedral of Brasília. Sold for €120 via International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L. I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves.

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Walter Gropius: the Visionary Master of Modernism

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Sold for $819,000 USD via Christie’s (November 2022). Whether Berlins tallest residential building, the striking, ring-shaped Wohnhochhaus Ideal; Manhattans octagonal MetLife skyscraper, or Gropius House the iconic white cube the architect lived until his death in 1969, and now a historic house museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts.