Charles Darwin took 20 years to write "The Origin of Species_.
At 08:07 AM 10/2/00 -0400, Kasirer Katherine wrote:
>Thanks you all for many interesting leads on artists, writers, etc. who took
>a long time to create masterpieces. Here is a summary of the responses:
>
>Margaret Mitchell, who took 10 years to write Gone with the Wind;
>Johannes Brahms's first symphony Op. 68 in C minor - begun in 1862 and
>finished in 1876;
>Russian artist Alexandr Ivanov. Picture - The appearance of Christ before
>people. It took him 20 years to complete the masterpiece;
>Carl Ruggles, wrote only a few
>pieces but spent years working on them;
>There are also many works by Charles Ives that he (Ives) tinkered on over
>the years;
>Poussin, Pontormo and Pamigianino, Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfort;
>Grandma Prisbrey took 20 years to create her "Bottle Village";
>Marcel Duchamps;
>Sheila Waters illustrations for Dylan Thomas's Under Milkwood;
>
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>Katherine Kasirer
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