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Paintings in a Country Churchyard 1

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Churchyards and graveyards in the art of William Hogarth, Caspar David Friedrich, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Louis Welden Hawkins, and others.

January 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Aerial Perspective in paintings: 2 Development and rejection

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Its peak with Bonington, Friedrich, Corot and others. Decline in Impressionism to deliberate omission in ‘primitives’ such as Cézanne and Astrup.

November 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Distant snowline: the coming of autumn in the mountains 1

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The first brush with autumn occurs when the hill and mountain tops change to white, as if dusted by icing sugar – the first thrill for children and skiers.

October 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Wanderer in paintings 2

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The wanderer with his back to the viewer takes on new life with Thomas Fearnley. Is he the artist’s alter ego?

August 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Wanderer in paintings 1

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Wanderers, wayfarers and pilgrims have walked across continents in search of wisdom, spiritual enlightenment, or a bite to eat and sheltered sleep.

August 7, 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

Dawn or Dusk? Challenging paintings

Ten paintings, some very famous: can you work out which show dawn, and show dusk?

February 2, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Not a Pre-Raphaelite History Painter: Ford Madox Brown 1842-55

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From Byron’s Faustian play ‘Manfred’ to the effects on family of the Crimean War, his paintings were often richly narrative, and only gently Pre-Raphaelite.

January 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

I Saw Three Ships: sailing ships in paintings 1

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From 1643 (Claude Lorrain), through Claude-Joseph Vernet and Turner to JC Dahl two centuries later.

November 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Death on the Wing: Crows and ravens in paintings 1

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Escorts of valkyries, the bird of the gibbet, and seeker of carrion: crows and ravens are associated with death, magic, and more.

November 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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