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A Weekend on Capri 1

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Superb views of this beautiful sub-tropical island, painted by Blechen, Bierstadt, John Singer Sargent and others.

October 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of drawn carts 1

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From two pairs of unicorns drawing the Duke and Duchess of Urbino to a horse-drawn fire engine racing through the countryside, how animals have drawn people everywhere.

January 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

River in Flight: paintings of waterfalls 2

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From Church’s view of Niagara, Bierstadt in the Sierra Nevada, to two early landscape views of Ferdinand Hodler.

July 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Albert Bierstadt in the Rockies 2

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He continued to paint large awe-inspiring views of America even when touring Europe. But after his death, his work almost became extinct like the buffalo.

June 3, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Albert Bierstadt in the Rockies 1

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Trained in Düsseldorf, he undertook two major trips to the Rocky Mountains, in 1859 and 1863, and painted awe-inspiring views of the peaks and valleys.

June 2, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Frederic Edwin Church in detail 1

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His working methods were traditional, in making copious drawings and oil sketches in front of the motif, then composing those into large finished oil paintings.

May 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting within Tent: Icefast on the coast of Greenland

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Perhaps the one and only expedition sponsored by an art collector, William Bradford sailed to Greenland in 1869, and based the rest of career on its images.

January 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting within Tent: introduction to a new series

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Join me to explore Maria Merian’s insects in Surinam, David Livingstone and Thomas Baines on the Zambezi, and William Bradford working his way through pack ice.

January 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

American Landscapes: a celebration 1

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A celebration for Independence Day, the fourth of July, with a selection of wonderful American landscape paintings.

July 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

River power: Paintings of watermills 2

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More wonderful landscapes from JC Dahl, Albert Bierstadt, Samuel Palmer, Vincent van Gogh to the remote Norwegian fjords of Nikolai Astrup.

May 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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