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World Cup fever is gripping soccer/football fans across the world. How have  painters captured ‘The Beautiful Game’ on canvas?

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Some examples…

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This is wow upon wow…

From the ‘Sports Girls’ series. American Cigarette Company. Montreal. 1889

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Umberto Boccioni. Dynamism of a Soccer Player. 1913

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Ángel Zárraga. La futbolista morena. ~ 1926

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Ángel Zárraga. La futbolista rubia. ~ 1926

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. Any Wintry Afternoon in England. 1930

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Gerald Cains. Saturday Taxpayers. 1953

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Andy Warhol. Pelé. 1978

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Sir Cecil Beaton. Footballers. 1955

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Paintings from ‘Legends of Unity’ – artist Kehinde Wiley’s collaboration with PUMA for World Cup, 2010 in South Africa.

Kehinde Wilde. Emmanuel Eboue. Ivory Coast. 2010

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Kehinde Wilde. Samuel Eto’o. Cameroon. 2010

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Kehinde Wilde. John Mensah. Ghana. 2010

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Kehinde Wilde. Unity. 2010

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Header Art: Ángel Zárraga. Las Futbolistas. 1922