Daniel Graves had the makings of an artist since the age of three, when he began drawing. But it wasn't until he was 15 and saw Rembrandt's self-portrait at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, that he decided to become a realist painter. He was so moved by Rembrandt's painting that he not only wanted to become an artist, he also wanted to create art that would deeply affect people by touching their souls. He eventually came to Florence to learn more about realism, whose humanistic beginnings were developed during the Renaissance.
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