A selection of masterpieces which were rejected by the person(s) who commissioned them, or from major exhibitions. Illustrated contents with links.
Category Archive: Life
In 1814, following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy, Goya painted four works showing the uprising of 1808. One of these is now a major work of the European canon.
Horizon, planes of foreground, middle distance and background, repoussoir and framing, rhythm, reflections and panoramas – examples of compositional techniques.
Despite being left alone being pampered for a month, Don Quixote’s madness remains. He learns that a book has been written about his misadventures.
Examples from Gustave Moreau, Georges Clairin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paul Nash, Joseph Stella, and Nikolai Astrup.
Examples of surreal visual art from Bosch in about 1500, through Piranesi’s Imaginary Prison, Richard Dadd, to Félix Vallotton in 1892.
Known now for his portraits of major literary and other figures, Blanche loved to sketch outdoors in oils, particularly on Dieppe Beach.
Of all the rejects in this series, Manet’s had greatest impact on painting, and really did change the course of art.
In 1808, Napoleon invaded his former ally, and Goya started work on his harrowing series of prints ‘The Disasters of War’. Dark visions also filled his paintings.
Contents giving the periods covered, artists, and a representative painting also provide an over view of over 5 centuries of painting.
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