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Juried exhibitions in print june july 2011 volume 16, issue 3 by editor steven t. Alibris buy new and used books, textbooks, music and movies. It includes the hudson school as well as american impressionism. The exhibition is organized by the american federation of arts and the national academy of design. Sharp was one of the earliest europeanamerican artists to visit taos, new mexico, which he saw in 1893 with artist john hauser.
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