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Colour Notes 9: Chroma, class and the modern

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The experience of colour in our buildings, indoor environments, clothing and objects we look at has changed. What used to be a privilege of class is now all but universal.

June 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

To the beach! 2

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From Charles Conder’s Holiday at Mentone, Australia, to Pierre Bonnard on the beach at Arcachon in south-west France, in 1922.

August 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Landscapes 2

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Enchanted Norwegian birch woods, the Massachusetts coast, Catalina Island by night, Spanish mountains, and a picturesque French village.

December 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Distant snowline: the coming of autumn in the mountains 2

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More wonderful paintings of snowlines on the Sierra Nevada, in the South Tyrol, the Bavarian Alps, and in Maine. Autumn has arrived, and winter’s coming close behind.

October 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1918: Looking back

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A selection of favourite paintings from 1918 by artists who worked in more traditional styles, from Japan to Texas, and Norway.

November 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Umbrellas: Stop the sun

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Borrowed from the Church, parasols became an accessory of the aristocracy, then for all who were fashionable. They went from black to white, then Japanese.

May 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Visiting the beach

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The birthplace of Impressionism, and its spread around the world, it also reflected the huge changes in society, leisure, and dress. Let’s soak up the sun.

August 9, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Introduction to a new series on landscape painting

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Where land, sea, and sky meet. Sought-after and hugely popular in fine weather, the forces of nature are most obvious in storms. The cradle of Impressionism and more modern painting.

August 2, 2017 General, Painting

Into the Light: Louise Upton Brumback, all things bright and colourful

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One of William Merritt Chase’s pupils, she was a strong character, and a vigorous advocate for women artists.

August 16, 2016 General, Painting
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