An unusual transformation, from statue to person, which has been widely retold. A superb series from Burne-Jones, more from Gérôme, and Regnault – fine paintings.
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More superb paintings of the coast of Maine, here by Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, and George Bellows.
Paintings of the spectacular coast of Maine, from Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Winslow Homer, and others.
Struck by a ricocheting discus, the young man’s blood is transformed into hyacinth flowers.
Two notable paintings about slavery, some genre scenes of travel, and a final expedition to South America.
The first tools to write HEIF still image and HEVC movies are now starting to arrive. Do they confirm their potential? Are they ready to use yet?
Official artist to an expedition to Spitzbergen, he drew crowds at the Paris Salon of 1841 with his paintings of walrus fishing and the aurora.
The final few years of his life were highly productive. As well as superb religious works, some secular paintings have also survived.
The story of how a young man inadvertently killed his pet stag, and was turned into a cypress for his grief – and that of others.
A firm set up to provide scenery for the Vienna Opera also brought us two artists: Alphonse Mucha, and Georg Janny. The latter was a pioneer of fantastic or fantasy art.
The Eclectic Light Company 