A wide-ranging selection of appealing and interesting watercolours, covering most of Blake’s career and themes.
Category Archive: Painting
One of the greatest German painters, he covered several genres and has proved very influential. The start of a broad and more balanced view of his work.
Christmas holiday was one of the few occasions that brought people out of the warm to outdoor fairs and festivals.
Marching armies, a merry-go-round of angels, and a unique ‘springing’ Jesus: four extraordinary paintings from three geniuses of art.
Celebrate the Christmas holiday with a review of many wonderful paintings of snow scenes.
He still couldn’t repeat his earlier success in the years running up to the Franco-Prussian War. But some paintings have been under-appreciated.
Based on Michelangelo’s fresco in the Sistine Chapel, these unique works tell us more about Blake’s beliefs than his other paintings.
Two paintings of the buried dismemberment of a victim: one theatrical narrative, the other a serene reverie of anti-theatrical non-narrative. And an oriental witch.
A brief tour through some of Blake’s personal mythology, as depicted in his paintings. With explanations.
He took the Salon of 1864 by storm, but was barely noticed with 2 more paintings the following year. Why?
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