In many paintings, depiction of fabrics, textiles and other clothing materials is more challenging and important than that of flesh.
Goya
Fishing with rod and line plays a significant part in the myth of Daedalus, and adds calm and timelessness to many landscapes.
Symbols of the night, and through association with Athena/Minerva, for wisdom and learning. Owls in paintings to William Blake.
Two famous hay wains, Goya’s stone cart, horses and carts assisting a heavy steam crane in Paris, and carrying goods in the centre of New York in 1911.
Painting time as a concept is very difficult. Once solution is to show the Fates, as depicted by Rubens, Goya, Burne-Jones, Jacek Malczewski and others.
Highlights of articles and some superb paintings from July to December 2021, features Goya, Steer, Clausen, William Merritt Chase, and more.
Includes a chronological list of all his paintings shown in the series, together with links to each of the articles, and some of his self-portraits.
An overview of his major paintings from La Gloria in 1772 to experimental miniatures on ivory flakes in 1825.
In the last four years of his life, he concentrated on drawing and printmaking. These paintings were Goya’s farewell.
During the winter of 1824-25, when in Bordeaux, he painted about 40 remarkable miniatures on slivers of ivory. Here are nine of the survivors.
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