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TIL the subject of "Christina's World," one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century, was Anna Christina Olson. The artist was inspired after observing her crawling across a field, which was due to her medical conditions- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a genetic polyneuropathy.

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