It took him 3 attempts to get to Rome, where he fell ill with syphilis. His patron helped him become well-read and erudite, and that led him to paint sublime pure landscapes.
Category Archive: Life
Plague ravaged cities across Europe and much of the world, cholera came from contaminated water supplies, then there were influenza and tuberculosis.
From the maid washing the linen and Cinderella to fashionable homes of prosperous artists in Nordic countries, we fill a lot of cupboards, dressers, sideboards and others.
Parrots in still life paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, accompanying a Turkish page, in English summer, or passing Pierre Bonnard in Saint Tropez.
Parrots as extras in myths, witnessing Eve taking the apple from the serpent, and as companions to a succession of beautiful women.
Romulus ploughs the boundary of the city of Rome, then defeats the Sabine king Tatius, marries his daughter, and is eventually taken to be the god Quirinus.
Landscapes by artists from the USA, Denmark, Wales, Japan, and England, together with locals Muñoz Degrain, Joaquín Sorolla and Enrique Simonet.
Many aspiring painters visited the Prado in Madrid to study its collection of works by the masters. Here are some views of Spain they and its locals painted.
One of the four painters in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who has almost vanished. Works on emigration, literacy and a couple of open narratives.
No public holidays, and no paid leave either. Despite that, mill workers travelled by train to the seaside in Wakes Weeks.
The Eclectic Light Company 