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Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and politician, the 16th President of the United States (March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865).
The son of a frontiersman and a Kentucky farmer, Lincoln worked hard from an early age and struggled to learn. He was a militiaman in the Indian War, practiced law, and sat in the Illinois legislature for eight years. He was an opponent of slavery and gradually gained a national reputation that earned him victory in the 1860 presidential election.
After becoming the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln turned the Republican Party into a strong national organization. In addition, he drew most Northern Democrats to the Union side. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared permanently free those slaves who were in Confederate territory. Lincoln considered secession illegal and was prepared to use force to defend federal law and the Union. Four more slave states joined the Confederacy, but four remained in the Union, and the Civil War of 1861-1865 began.
Lincoln personally directed the military action that led to victory over the Confederacy. Abraham Lincoln was reelected in 1864, and on April 14, 1865, he was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor John Wilkes Booth.
Abraham Lincoln is a national hero of the American people, he is considered one of the best and most famous presidents of the United States until today.
The Irish painter Roderic O'Conor was a pivotal figure in the post-impressionist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Aligning with the Pont-Aven School, his work thrived in France amidst the artistic revolution of the 1880s and 1890s.
O'Conor's artistic methodology was profoundly influenced by his time in France, spanning nearly five decades. His signature technique, characterized by thick, adjacent strokes of rich, contrasting colors, owes much to the discoveries of the Divisionists and Vincent Van Gogh.
His journey also included a transformative Parisian period beginning in 1886, marked by experimentation and innovation. Later, his Bretagne sojourn from 1891 to 1904 was interspersed with managing inherited estates back in Ireland, which allowed him financial independence from his painting sales. O'Conor's final years from 1934 until his passing in 1940 were spent in Nueil-sur-Layon.
The Irish painter Roderic O'Conor was a pivotal figure in the post-impressionist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Aligning with the Pont-Aven School, his work thrived in France amidst the artistic revolution of the 1880s and 1890s.
O'Conor's artistic methodology was profoundly influenced by his time in France, spanning nearly five decades. His signature technique, characterized by thick, adjacent strokes of rich, contrasting colors, owes much to the discoveries of the Divisionists and Vincent Van Gogh.
His journey also included a transformative Parisian period beginning in 1886, marked by experimentation and innovation. Later, his Bretagne sojourn from 1891 to 1904 was interspersed with managing inherited estates back in Ireland, which allowed him financial independence from his painting sales. O'Conor's final years from 1934 until his passing in 1940 were spent in Nueil-sur-Layon.
