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Fools and jesters in paintings

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A selection of paintings of Yoric (Hamlet), Touchstone, and Shakespeare’s other fools, and a few from others including the great Polish Stańczyk.

November 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 2

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More paintings by those brave enough to tackle children on their own, from William Merritt Chase and Carl Larsson to Pierre Bonnard.

September 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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

Carroll Beckwith’s paintings 2: The Spanish dancer and a jealous husband

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Nesbit’s new husband shot dead the acclaimed architect Stanford White in Madison Square Garden, in a fit of insane jealousy.

June 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Carroll Beckwith’s paintings 1: Paris and the under-age model

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By 1901, he was fast approaching his fifties and rather staid. This portrait of Evelyn Nesbit was quite out of character, and nearly got him killed later.

June 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The best of 2021’s paintings and articles 2

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Highlights of articles and some superb paintings from July to December 2021, features Goya, Steer, Clausen, William Merritt Chase, and more.

December 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Autumn Leaves 2

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More leaf-peeping, from Tina Blau and Monet’s poplars on the River Epte, to Paul Nash’s eerie Wittenham Clumps under the moon’s last phase.

October 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: Fish

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An unusual but apparently addictive theme for still life paintings: fish, from Chardin’s ray to the performative art of William Merritt Chase.

August 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Impressionist painting in Britain: 5 Elizabeth Forbes

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Trained with William Merritt Chase, lived in Pont-Aven artists’ colony, and her painting was clearly influenced by the Impressionists, and quite unlike that of her husband.

August 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 2

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More fascinating paintings of the studios of William Merritt Chase, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jacek Malczewski, Claude Monet and others.

June 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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