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Aivazovsky

In Memoriam Vardges Sureniants, father of Armenian narrative art

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With his distinctive almost Divisionist style, he painted scenes from Armenian and other legends, but is almost forgotten in much of the world.

April 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Dawn or Dusk? Challenging paintings

Ten paintings, some very famous: can you work out which show dawn, and show dusk?

February 2, 2020 General, Life, Painting

I Saw Three Ships: sailing ships in paintings 2

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Wonderful paintings of the last years of sail, from Aivazovsky, Clarkson Stanfield, William McTaggart, Seurat, Signac, and others.

November 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Arteries of Industry: paintings of canals 1

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From Hobbema in 1663 to Sisley in 1884, here are views of the canals of Europe carrying commercial traffic, and in their later decline.

June 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Great Wave 1, Vernet to Hokusai

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Painters paid little attention to the form of near-breaking regular waves until the mid-1700s. Japanese art later changed Western painting, with a single print by Hokusai.

June 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Coast: By the light of the moon, 2 after 1850

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More superb coastal nocturnes by Aivazovsky, Atkinson Grimshaw, Winslow Homer, Edvard Munch, and others.

November 12, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Storms, 1 Magnasco to Aivazovsky

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Includes brilliant paintings of coastal storms by Vernet, Constable, JWM Turner, and Courbet.

August 16, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Impossible: Gone with the Wind – land and sea

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Is it really futile and impossible to try to paint the wind? Here’s a selection of evidence, drawn from landscapes and marines.

March 25, 2017 General, Painting

Deep and crisp and even: some seasonal snow on canvas

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Celebrate the Christmas holiday with a review of many wonderful paintings of snow scenes.

December 24, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Into the Light: Ivan Aivazovsky, Master Mariner

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Certainly the most prolific, and probably the most successful, marine artist of all time. His paintings were even admired by JMW Turner.

November 17, 2016 General, Painting
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