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He’s best known for his work as a designer. A new exhibition should change that

If you dread the dentist, be thankful you weren’t alive in the 18th century

He painted classically inspired scenes, but his energetic style paved the way for the Impressionists

They capture the youthful energy of a newly independent country

In the early 20th century, artists realised that more than merely representing the world, photography offered new ways of imagining it

The French artist applied lessons he’d learnt from classical sculpture to create radically modern forms

He took gardening as seriously as painting, even going so far as to breed a new subject

All is not what it seems in these images of American workplaces in the 1970s

An exhibition of his paintings of buildings teases out the contradictions in his art

An exhibition in Amsterdam shows how Japanese art influenced his style