Criticised as being “clumsy” as a painter, his work is nothing if not original and idiosyncratic. Is it also impossible to read?
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Certainly the most prolific, and probably the most successful, marine artist of all time. His paintings were even admired by JMW Turner.
Accused by Rossetti of copying his work, Sandys was perhaps a better draftsman than he was at developing original ideas. But was he a plagiarist?
I almost forgot the end matter: it’s time to add a glossary, and an index. But would built-in Find suffice?
A popular title in the 19th century, it is almost a hallmark of the Aesthetic movement: no narrative, no meaning, just art for art’s sake. Except…
Do you have the app Shazam installed on any of your Macs? Patrick Wardle has just discovered that […]
One of the founding fathers of Norwegian and Nordic landscape painting, his was a detailed realism which tried to be true to nature.
Two triple portraits of ladies of the nobility, which alluded to two quite racy paintings of drunken feasts, and a goddess with 8 breasts. What is going on?
A curious experience when trying to buy AppleCare cover shows that Apple hasn’t changed that much after all.
Beautiful paintings, devoid of narrative, symbols, or meaning. They represent the height of the Aesthetic movement: ‘pure’ art.
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