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The newly named craters include:
• Amaral, after Tarsila do Amaral of Brazil, considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists.
• Dalí, after Salvador Dalí, a Spanish painter and leader of the Surrealist Movement.
• Enwonwu, after sculptor and painter Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu, the most renowned Nigerian artist of the 20th century.
• Glinka, after Mikhail Glinka, a Russian composer considered to be the “father” of genuinely Russian music.
• Hovnatanian, after Hakop Hovnatanian, an Armenian painter known for his portraits.
• Beckett, after Clarice Beckett, recognized as one of Australia's most important modernist artists.
• Moody, after Ronald Moody, a self-taught, Jamaica-born sculptor and painter who found success in mid-20th-century London and Paris.
• Munch, after Edvard Munch, a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker, and draftsman, perhaps most well-known for his painting The Scream.
• Navoi, after Alisher Navoi, a 15th century Uzbek poet, considered by many to be the founder of early Turkic literature.
• Nawahi, after Joseph Nawahi, a self-taught artist, lawyer, educator, publisher, member of the Hawaiian legislature for many years, and principal adviser to Hawaii’s Queen Lili'uokalani.
• Oskison, after John Milton Oskison, a Cherokee author who served as editor and editorial writer for the New York Evening Post.
• Poe, after Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, critic, editor, and author. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.
• Qi Baishi, after Qi Baishi, a renowned Chinese painter known for his whimsical water colors.
• Raden Saleh, after Raden Saleh, a 19th century Javanese naturalist painter considered to be the first modern artist from what is now Indonesia.
• Sher-Gil, after Amrita Sher-Gil, an eminent Indian painter, today considered an important female painter of 20th-century India.
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