The story of the assassination of the dictator, told by William Blake, Gérôme, von Piloty, and others.
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It’s easy to confuse anatomising, an autopsy, and surgery. Here’s a guide to their different readings, with some of the finest example paintings.
Visit Ford in Northumberland and you’ll see her murals in the old village school. Taught to paint by Rossetti, she is claimed as a Pre-Raphaelite. Was she?
It’s not a colour at all, say some, while the Impressionists wanted to banish it from the palette. But throughout the history of painting, the blackest black has remained vital.
One of Hodler’s early influences, Calame was very successful in painting “Swiss horrors” showing the Alps, storms, and raging torrents. They’re still awe-inspiring works.
Fascinating paintings showing his transition from realism to Symbolism, emphasising symmetry and rhythm in society.
After three brief tales of strange happenings in early Rome, Ovid gives an account of the bringing of the god Aesculapius to the city, to end an epidemic.
Some quite sophisticated compositions, featuring an early gramophone, feasting, the railway, and a Russian Futurist who enthused Picasso about his paintings.
After Joseph Stalin, this ‘primitive’ painter is the best-known person from the country of Georgia. Here’s a selection of his paintings of animals, and his biography.
He was 22, just trained, and on a working holiday on Capri. She was 17, and the priest had warned her not to associate with artists. She ignored that advice.
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