Sea of Mists: Pupils, Knud Baade

From the south-west coast of Norway, he studied under JC Dahl in Dresden between 1836-39, and specialised in dramatic nocturnes.

Reading visual art: 139 Ferry

Charon ferrying the dead to the Underworld, and rarely back again, Psyche in her quest, the centaur Nessus, and lots of sheep and cattle.

The consequences of pride, when all 14 of Niobe’s children are slaughtered by Apollo and Diane, but she’s unrepentant to the last.

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First wife of Jason of the Golden Fleece, abandoned when he went off on his quest and married Medea. He came to a sticky end, though.

First wife of Paris, Prince of Troy, abandoned so he could seduce Helen. When Paris needed her to heal him, she refused then was filled with remorse.

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Coastal landscapes from Claude in 1639, through visits to the island of Capri, to Étretat and Monet’s series, and Divisionists in the Midi.

Paintings of the Grindelwald Glacier, and various Norwegian landscapes, he died of typhoid when he was only 39.

A Norwegian landscape painter who trained with JC Dahl in Dresden, and who shared themes with the German Romantic painters.