20 Photographs of Famous Artists as Teenagers

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As far as we know, most people are not born creating art. True artists have to work at their craft for many years before becoming successful. Sometimes artists become so larger than life that we forget they were once young and starting out. To remind us all of their humanity, here is a gallery of 20 Photographs of Famous Artists as Teenagers.

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Andy Warhol

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Man Ray

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Maurice Sendak

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Camille Claudel

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William H. Johnson

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Pablo Picasso

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Rene Magritte

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Egon Schiele

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Yoko Ono

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Edward Hopper

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Marcel Duchamp

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Mark Rothko

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Frida Kahlo

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Vincent Van Gogh

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Robert Mapplethorpe

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Damien Hirst

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Ed Ruscha

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Jackson Pollock

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