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Next year in paintings: Ford Madox Brown, Antoine Watteau, Fernand Khnopff

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A look forward to the eclectic collection of painters whose anniversaries I’ll be marking here, and a glimpse of some of the paintings to come. Happy New Year!

January 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Landscapes 3

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More modern landscapes by Paul Nash, Anna Hills, Lesser Ury, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Bonnard, Emily Carr, and Joseph Stella’s Cubist masterpiece.

December 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 9: A brief history

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The story of landscape paintings which are dominated by the sky, from the Dutch Golden Age to Surrealism.

September 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 7: Impressionism

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Impressionists seem not to have taken to skying, and most of their paintings have high horizons. But there are exceptions.

August 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying: an introduction to a new series

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From the early landscapes of Rubens and Dutch masters to the surrealist skyscapes of Paul Nash, introducing a history of painting the sky.

July 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 2

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Early in 1896, several artists who exhibited at the Salons set up a rival exhibition. The following year was the last of PĂ©ladan’s and his movements petered out by the twentieth century.

May 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Desert, skulls and steelworks: Paintings of Eugen Bracht 2

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After Symbolism, he turned to Impressionism, with a wide range of motifs from mountain peaks to smoky steelworks.

January 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Desert, skulls and steelworks: Paintings of Eugen Bracht 1

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A pupil of Hans Gude, he stopped painting for over 10 years. When he resumed, he painted unusual landscapes, peaking in a Symbolist masterpiece of the apocalypse.

January 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting
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