We know almost nothing about his life, and very few works can be robustly attributed to his hand. But he was one of the most important artists in history.
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Several have had a go at telling this story – Titian, Kauffman, Ricci, Delacroix, and Denis. Do their paintings work, though?
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Rural naturalist, Impressionist, and Pre-Raphaelite styles in portraits, landscapes, genre, and religious paintings: that is versatility.
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He painted with the Danish Impressionists at Skagen, in St Ives, and above all in Hungary – and has been all but forgotten now.
A Richard Strauss opera, a classical Greek myth, and a painting. Do they tell the same story, and how?
His paintings move through Impressionism to a distinctive Post-Impressionism, with swirling brushstrokes, and more subtle colour.
He worked his way from rural naturalism, through Impressionism, to a distinctive Post-Impressionism.
His vegetable-rich portraits are unique in painting. Were they just jokes and whimsies, or is there something more substantial to them?
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