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Category Archive: Painting

Reading visual art: 27 Eagle and owl

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Two birds associated with myth: Zeus’s eagle, often used to indicate his presence in disguise, and the symbol of night and wisdom, the owl.

January 18, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Sunrise on Impressionism: 0 Contents

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Complete table of contents for this series on the early years of French Impressionism, and the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874.

January 17, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 31: King Richard III

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Paintings by William Blake, William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli, Paul Delaroche and others for this popular tragedy and history.

January 16, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the Bay of Biscay 2

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From Quiberon and the Vendée to Hendaye and Hondarribia, in paintings from Renoir, Signac, Pierre Bonnard and others.

January 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the Bay of Biscay 1

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From the rough seas and rugged cliffs of Penmarc’h to Belle-Île, with Monet, Signac, Berthe Morisot and other artists.

January 14, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 26 Dreams modern

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From Blake onwards, dreams often take over the whole view, with the dreamer the only link to reality. Examples from Blake, Rossetti, Hodler and others.

January 13, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 25 Dreams classical

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From the Renaissance, by convention dreams were shown as a dream view set within a framing real view. Examples by Raphael, Tintoretto and others.

January 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian painters: Marie Bashkirtseff

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Born near Chuhuiv, she settled in Paris where she trained and rose to success as Jules Bastien-Lepage’s protege, then died at the age of 25.

January 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Sunrise on Impressionism: 23 Paintings of the First Impressionist Exhibition

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Fifteen images of paintings by twelve artists which were shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition present a more coherent overview. But history is capricious.

January 10, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 30: King Richard II

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The last two years of his reign, marred by bad decisions, led to his forced abdication in favour of King Henry IV.

January 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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