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Prominent Young Woman: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), one of the greatest intellects of his age, combined realism with a mystical approach, searching beneath the surface of everyday things for inner meanings. Little is known of his private life, except that it was full of sorrow. His wife Saskia, a prominent young woman, who figures in several of his early paintings, died young, leaving one son. Though at fifty Rembrandt became bankrupt, this only seemed to increase his spiritual qualities and he toiled indefatigably till the end of his life to satisfy his creditors. While he never visited Italy, a baroque quality in his work shows study of the Italian masters, but his work was simpler and more sincere. He preferred character to beauty. It is said the only book he read was the Bible. His paintings1 are not only Dutch; they indicate the struggles of all humanity. His subjects were greatly varied, including corporation pictures, landscapes, and portraits, and, contrary to Dutch tradition, many Biblical scenes. He painted for both rich and poor, gave interest to the most commonplace subjects, and had an extraordinary power of expressing character.
RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE, a Methodist-related, fully accredited liberal arts college located on a 100-acre campus in Lynchburg, Va. Founded in 1891 and opened in 1893, it was the first woman's college to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the first woman's college south of the Potomac River to be granted a Phi Beta Kappa charter. It confers the bachelor of arts degree. Enrollment averages 825 annually.
Also he did the pediment of the Senate wing and the bronze doors of the Senate Portico. Another group of somewhat younger artists, including William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874), and our first prominent woman sculptor, Harriet Good-hue Hosmer (1830-1908), also studied in Italy and produced rather Victorianized neoclassic works almost to the end of the century.
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