Born in Springfield, PA, he left the US for Rome in 1760, settled in London in 1763, and never returned to America. Appointed royal historical painter to King George III, and buried in St Paul’s Cathedral.
Category Archive: Painting
In just over a decade, his watercolour landscapes rivalled those of his contemporary JMW Turner. What could he have achieved had he not died at the age of only 27?
How chronic problems with the tear duct of his right eye drove Pissarro from painting landscapes outdoors to painting cityscapes from hotel rooms.
A worked example of Poussin’s instantaneous narrative shows how a single image can tell a story, and examples of the fall of Icarus show the importance of timing.
In older paintings, they’re a symbol of Egypt, but when artists travelled more in the 19th century they became fairly popular in landscape paintings. Examples from 1500 to 1927.
Orpheus’ attempt to take his bride Eurydice back to life from the underworld fails when he looks back at her. He is later torn limb from limb by Bacchantes, and rejoins her.
Paintings by Millet, Winslow Homer, Monet, Caillebotte, Christian Krogh, Granville Redmond, Franz von Stuck and others.
Paintings by Magnasco, Claude Vernet, a print by Hokusai, and more by Turner, Peder Balke, Clarkson Stanfield, Courbet, Gainsborough, and Daubigny.
His first painting as a Master in his own right was in 1422. He built depth and realism into faces and figures, and mastered 3D perspective projection, then 6 years later vanished in Rome, reported dead.
First problems in 1870, with increasing loss of central vision in both eyes, yet he continued to paint until the end of the century. How is this reflected in his art?
