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New York City, often referred to as the cultural capital of the world, has long been a source of inspiration for artists across various mediums. In the realm of paintings, it serves as a subject matter that encapsulates the spirit and energy of urban life. From early depictions of iconic landmarks to abstract representations and contemporary interpretations, New York City in paintings reflects both its historical significance and evolving artistic perspectives.

George Wesley Bellows was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City. He became, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation".

Koloman Moser, a luminary figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was a multifaceted artist and designer whose contributions left an indelible mark on the worlds of art, architecture, and decorative arts. Born on March 30, 1868, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Moser's life and artistic journey were characterized by innovation, creativity, and a relentless pursuit of beauty and functionality.

Once known as "Papa Dada," Francis Picabia was one of the principle figures of the Dada movement both in Paris and New York. A friend and associate of Marcel Duchamp, he became known for a rich variety of work ranging from strange, comic-erotic images of machine parts to text-based paintings that foreshadow aspects of Conceptual art.

William Blake's life and work serve as a model for how we think of contemporary artists today. His work was supported by a small, zealous group of supporters despite being overlooked by his peers and marginalized by the academic institutions of his time. He is now recognized as a model for the avant-garde artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whose creative spirit is in opposition to the culture's predominant mood.

If you're a successful artist or a keen art collector, you may already know that Giclée fine art printing is the gold standard when it comes to producing museum quality prints. But what exactly is Giclée? Why is it superior print technology and why do successful artists insist on this method of printing their limited edition reproductions?

Robert Delaunay's colorful and formally experimental paintings were a unique fusion of early-20th-century European artistic trends. His most famous works centered on the intellectually and visually stimulating world of Belle Époque Paris in which he and his wife, Sonia Delaunay (Terk), founded the Orphism movement.

From the middle of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, American Impressionism was a style of painting that was related to European Impressionism and was practiced by American artists in the United States. The style is characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors, with a wide range of subject matters but focusing on landscapes and upper-class domestic life.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were widely reproduced, so much so that he was arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880.

Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.

The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains.

Bierstadt is today widely regarded as one of the greatest landscape artists in the United States, despite being criticized by critics in his later years for being excessive and unrefined; a man whose unique paintings depict the natural history of the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century.