Many of the great painters have been migrants. Here are examples from Canaletto to Sargent. Suppress migration, and art will be stifled.
Fuseli
The ‘divine whirlwind’ seems distinctive of Blake. This traces its origin, and his development of this visionary image.
He demonstrated that you can paint from your mind’s eye, however unusual your mind may be. A major influence of William Blake.
A life spent largely in poverty, working intensely, and creating some of the most innovative and visionary paintings of any artist before or since.
Just because his paintings appear so original and different, that doesn’t mean that they don’t borrow from and refer to other visual art.
This is a monumental, meticulous, and insightful account of Palmer’s life and work. It merits a wide readership.
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