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From horseback to aircraft: painting the revolution in transport 1

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Moving around changed greatly in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the advent of canals, steam ships and trains, hot air balloons, and the bicycle.

August 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Paintings of the revolution in agriculture 2

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From changes in ploughs to the enclosure and farming of what had been open land, landscape paintings can tell us a lot about the history of the land.

August 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Sunrise on Impressionism: 2 Giuseppe De Nittis

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One of 30 artists exhibiting at the First Impressionist Exhibition, his painting was still realist, he achieved success, but died suddenly at the height of his career in 1884.

August 4, 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

Eating al fresco: paintings of outdoor meals 1

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A selection of meals eaten outdoors, by the gods, in Boccaccio’s Decameron, Manet’s controversial luncheon, and by a boating party.

May 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Full Steam Ahead: 2 Part of the revolution in art

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In the 1870s, Manet and Monet introduced steam trains to the world of art. At the Salon, they were met with ridicule, but became an important theme in Impressionism.

February 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of breakfast

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Paintings by Botticelli, William Merritt Chase, Pierre Bonnard, Paxton, and Vuillard showing the first meal of the day.

December 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Missing Mud of Winter 1

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Mud was a common problem in the streets of cities, and on all the roads, tracks and paths of the country. Why isn’t it seen more in paintings before 1850?

December 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Virtuoso Performance: glass in paintings 2

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More virtuoso glassware as painted by William Holman Hunt, Chase, De Nittis, Vallotton, and others in the 19th century.

September 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Sisters in Light: Hanna Hirsch-Pauli and Eva Bonnier

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Two young women painters left Stockholm to study in Paris in 1883. Good friends, their paths diverged, but their paintings were full of light – including a real gem.

September 28, 2017 General, Painting

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