Artist Profile
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Jacob Collins
The Atelier Master Jacob Collins was born in 1964 in New York City, but his artistic education took him far from home. As a young man, he studied at the Art Students League before leaving for Paris, where he spent years immersing himself in the collections of the Louvre. He stood before Poussin, Ingres, and…
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Jimmy Nelson
The Tribal Documentarian Jimmy Nelson was born in 1967 in Sevenoaks, England, though his childhood was anything but conventional. His father worked for Shell, so Nelson grew up between Africa, Asia, and South America, moving constantly and absorbing cultures most people only read about in books. He picked up a camera at seven years old.…
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David Hockney
The California Colorist David Hockney was born in 1937 in Bradford, England. He studied at the Bradford School of Art before earning a gold medal at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962, where his precocious talent quickly set him apart from his contemporaries. After brief visits to California in the early 1960s,…