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What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Age: 86 †
Born: 1780
Born: August 29
Died: 1867
Died: January 14
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