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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
John Rewald
Born: May 12, 1912
Died: February 2, 1994 (aged 81)
Bio: John Rewald was an American academic, author and art historian. He was known as a scholar of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cézanne, Renoir, Pissarro, Seurat, and other French painters of the late 19th century.
Known for:
- Post-impressionism, from Van Gogh to Gauguin (1956)
- Studies in impressionism (1985)
- Degas's complete sculpture
- The history of impressionism (1946)