Ken Burns on the Complications of History
Conversations with Tyler
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Underrated American Painter: William Segal
William Segal, a painter by avocation, is a highly underrated American painter according to the speaker./nThe speaker collected some of Segal's self-portraits and still lifes and was asked to be an executor after Segal's death./nLouis Mumford's quote about each generation rediscovering and reexamining parts of the past that give the present more meaning and understanding is relevant to the topic of underrated artists./nOver time, things can get lost and forgotten, even important historical figures like George Washington can fade from memory.
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