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Where did the great creative minds sit? What kind of room inspires painters, writers and designers? Here is your chance to see what kind of environments served as the creative inspirations for Pablo Picasso, Jane Austen and many others who have, in turn, inspired millions of others. |
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Mark Twain, author and humorist |
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Georgia O'Keefe, painter. |
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E.B. White, writer. |
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Alexander Calder, sculptor. |
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Roald Dahl, children's author. |
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Nikki McClure, illustrator. |
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Martin Amis, novelist. |
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Adrian Tomine, graphic novelist. |
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Virginia Woolf, novelist. |
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Willem de Kooning, artist. |
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Chip Kidd, book cover designer. |
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| Amanda Hesser, food writer. |
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Ray Eames, designer and artist. |
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Joan Miró, artist. |
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Nigella Lawson, food writer. |
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Marc Johns, illustrator. |
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Susan Sontag, writer and filmmaker. |
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Pablo Picasso, artist. |
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono, songwriters and artists |
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Marc Chagall, painter. |
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John Updike, writer. |
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Paul Cézanne, painter. |
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| Colm Tóibín, writer. |
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David Hockney, painter. |
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William Buckley, author and commentator. |
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Charlotte Bronte, novelist and poet. |
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Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer. |
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| Yoshitomo Nara, artist. |
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Will Self, writer. |
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Francis Bacon, painter. |
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Anne Sexton, poet. |
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Orla Kiely, fashion designer. |
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Jane Austen, novelist. |
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Lisa Congdon, illustrator. |
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| Susan Orlean, journalist. |
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Rudyard Kipling, author. |
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Jackson Pollock, painter. |
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Ruth Reichl, food writer. |
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George Bernard Shaw, playwright. |
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Mark Rothko, painter. |
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