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River in Flight: paintings of waterfalls 1

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From Tivoli, near Rome, in 1757, through the Alps with Wolf and Turner, to remote Albania as seen by Edward Lear, artist and poet.

July 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

British landscape painting before Turner: the 18th century

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Gainsborough, Richard Wilson, Alexander Cozens, Thomas Jones, George Morland – establishing landscape painting in the 18th century.

April 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Skying 3: John Constable

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Between about 1814 and 1836, Constable painted many fine skyscapes, and in the 1820s indulged in ‘skying’, oil sketches of the sky above him.

July 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 2: The open sky

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Innovation moved to the countryside around Rome, with Joseph Vernet, and Valenciennes, who prescribed skying in his textbook on landscape painting.

July 23, 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

Work in Progress: John Singer Sargent ‘Simplon Pass: The Tease’

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It’s just water, pigment, a little binder and paper. What’s so difficult in painting a brilliant watercolour? Sargent shows us how to do it.

September 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 5 Watercolour and gouache

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With a binder of gum arabic, watercolours came into use in the Renaissance, and have steadily increased in popularity.

April 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Wet in wet: a brief history of watercolour – 1, origins to 1800

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The first in a series of 4, starts with Dürer’s brilliant paintings, looks at Raphael, Hans Bol, and the beginnings of the ‘English School’.

September 2, 2017 General, Painting

Alexander Cozens: experimental painter – his tercentenary

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Although few of his finished paintings survive, he was a major influence on John Constable and others, and some of his techniques were not exploited until the 20th century.

August 4, 2017 General, Painting

The coming year in painting: Degas, Murillo, and more

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There are many important anniversaries to celebrate in paintings this year: here are some tasters.

January 1, 2017 General, Life, Painting
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