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Durer: the vain genius

Sister Wendy on Albrecht Dürer. A vain, self obsessed man that considered himself to be a genius – and he was right. Sporting his trademark beard and long curly hair, he loved nothing more that painting self-portraits. Upon returning to Germany after a stay in Venice, he set about raising the status of the Northern artist

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