Rape, ejection from society, transformation into a bear, then into a constellation: poor Callisto, but some superb narrative paintings.
Category Archive: Painting
Landscapes influenced by Blake and Palmer, then some of the strongest images of the First World War. The start of a remarkable career.
His remarkable paintings of figures in landscapes were well received at the Salons. Then came the Franco-Prussian War, and his death after just 8 years of painting.
He was famously and tragically killed in 1870, but how well do you know his paintings?
One of the most dramatic and vivid myths, causing a ‘Great Fire’ which matches the Flood. Superb paintings from Rubens, Poussin, Moreau.
After a brief marriage to actress Ellen Terry, his paintings became symbolist. He claimed to paint ideas rather than objects.
Celebrating the bicentenary of this major and influential British painter and sculptor: a brief biography and selection of his paintings.
Probably the most sustained and brilliant series of narrative paintings since Rembrandt.
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Comparison across a selection of his self-portraits and nudes shows how dramatically his style changed through his career.
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