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The Weavers

par Vincent van Gogh, 1884

Part of a series depicting Brabant weavers at their looms, capturing the dignity of manual labour during Van Gogh's Nuenen period.

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Norval Morrisseau

1932-2007 · Canadian

Pioneering Ojibwe artist known as the 'Grandfather of Contemporary Indigenous Art' who created the Woodland School art movement

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