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Velasquez Dreamed of Becoming Somebody
Nobody is ever happy. Take Diego Velasquez. He could paint better than anyone. All the painters in Spain envied him. Here is one of his early works, a boy and an old woman in the kitchen cooking eggs. Woman Cooking … Continue reading
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