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Fortescue-Brickdale

Paintings of Florence: 1 History

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Paintings of the city of Florence recreating times past, from Dante’s meeting with Beatrice, to Lorenzo the Magnificent in the late 15th century.

February 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Nativity: Innovation

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Nine very different nativities, from the apocalyptic warnings of a martyr, through the Emperor Augustus, to Maurice Denis’ nativity in a contemporary French town.

December 26, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Narrative and figurative

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Paintings from a century ago by Fortescue-Brickdale, Franz von Stuck, George Bellows, and John Godward, who committed suicide because of Picasso’s success.

December 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: The Forerunner

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Although too young to have known Rossetti or the Pre-Raphaelites, she painted wonderful allegorical and narrative works well into the 20th century, and was a successful illustrator.

October 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood: a new series

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Introduction to a series of articles looking at the work of some of the brilliant women artists who were associated with the movement.

October 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 1: The Redcrosse Knight and Una

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In which the Redcrosse Knight kills the monster Error, then falls prey to the magic of Archimago and into the clutches of the false Duessa.

August 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Calling the Tune: patrons, donors and dealers in paintings 1

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Paintings aren’t made in an artistic vacuum. Part of the purpose is to please a patron, donor or dealer. Examples from Leonardo, Raphael, Tintoretto.

February 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Faithful Friends: Cats in paintings

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Independent and aloof, cats train their humans and think that they’re still large and ferocious. Paintings from Carpaccio to Bonnard.

February 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Novel Nativities old and modern

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From Duccio, Campin, Maurice Denis, Joseph Stella and others. Paintings which changed this most popular of motifs, and were innovative, from 1311-1933.

December 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1919: Narrative

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By Pierre Bonnard, Lovis Corinth, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, John Collier, Joseph Stella, and others. Truly eclectic.

December 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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