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In Memoriam John William Godward: Fleeting beauty 2

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When he returned to London from Italy in 1921, he became increasingly distressed with the advent of modernism, and died the following year, a century ago today.

December 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam John William Godward: Fleeting beauty 1

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He died a century ago, perhaps the last painter to paint art for art’s sake, avoiding narrative or meaning. Paintings from the first half of his career.

December 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 23: Coriolanus

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A Roman hero, intended to be consul, is banished because he wouldn’t get on with common people. When he can defeat Rome, who can stop him?

October 31, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 1

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Never paint children or animals, says the rule. This tribute to artists who ignored the rule shows work by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Goya, and others to Mary Cassatt.

September 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 12: Henry VIII (All Is True)

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This play, responsible for the burning down of the Globe Theatre, tells the story of Henry’s divorce from Queen Katherine and the birth of Queen Elizabeth I.

August 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 10: Julius Caesar

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Based on Plutarch’s Lives, this play contains some of the most memorable quotations in English, and has been painted quite frequently.

August 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Dolce Far Niente: Paintings of blissful laziness 1

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The enjoyment of being idle, indulgence of relaxation, and blissful laziness: that’s dolce far niente for you, in paintings to chill out with.

July 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Colour Notes 10: Colour-coding gender

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Why are women sometimes shown as having very pale skin? Why did they apply cosmetics to make their faces whiter? Ask the ancient Egyptians.

June 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Open Door 2: paintings from 1890

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Harriet Backer’s canonical masterwork, Nikolai Astrup shows his technical skill, two wonderful views by Pierre Bonnard, and from Eric Ravilious.

May 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A life of Theseus in paintings: 3 Fights and failed relationships

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A banquet with a river god, a pitched battle at his friend’s wedding which turned into a full-scale war, a relationship involving incest, suicide and violent death, and the abduction of Helen – quite the career of a Greek hero.

October 3, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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