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  2. Encaustic painting - Wikipedia

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    Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. The molten mix is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used. The simplest encaustic medium could be made by adding pigments to wax, though ...

  3. Little Dancer of Fourteen Years - Wikipedia

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    The original wax sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (French: La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans) is a sculpture begun c. 1880 by Edgar Degas of a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet dance school, a Belgian named Marie van Goethem.

  4. Patience Wright - Wikipedia

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    John Hoppner (son-in-law) Henry Parkyns Hoppner (grandson) Patience Wright (born Lovell; 1725 – March 23, 1786) was a sculptor of wax figures, and the first recognized American-born sculptor. [1] Wright is recorded as creating at least 55 works; only her full-length figure of Lord Chatham (William Pitt) survives.

  5. Artist Mickalene Thomas and her dream of making a difference

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    The exhibit starts with a life-sized recreation of the Camden, New Jersey row houses where Thomas grew up. Early on, she knew she wanted to make a difference, so in college she studied pre-law.

  6. Philippe Curtius - Wikipedia

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    Philippe Curtius (1737–1794) was a Swiss physician and wax modeller who taught Marie Tussaud the art of wax modelling. Marie Grosholtz, the future Marie Tussaud, lived in the Bern home of Curtius, for whom her mother acted as housekeeper. Marie called him 'Uncle', and in many ways he was a father figure. Curtius used his skill in wax ...

  7. Blick Art Materials - Wikipedia

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    www.dickblick.com. Blick Art Materials is a family-owned retailer and catalog art supply business. Established as a mail order business by Dick Blick in 1911 and purchased by Robert Metzenberg in 1947, it is one of the oldest and largest art materials suppliers in the United States, as well as a primary supplier of mail order art supplies.

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