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Goddess of the Week: Iris, the rainbow

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Not just a pretty atmospheric effect, she’s a messenger of the gods, and is involved in many myths. Superb paintings by GuĂ©rin, Fuseli and others.

February 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Sophie Gengembre Anderson: Elaine of Astolat

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Very much a Modern Woman, she was in London during the height of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, when she painted her masterpiece of Elaine of Astolat.

October 2, 2020 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

A Song at Twilight: Paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw 2

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He travelled further afield in the 1880s, focussing on his nocturnes and paintings of twilight, which retain their fine detail.

November 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A Song at Twilight: Paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw 1

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A painter of nocturnes greater than Whistler, he developed a great love for night scenes, and was commercially successful.

November 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Coast: By the light of the moon, 2 after 1850

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More superb coastal nocturnes by Aivazovsky, Atkinson Grimshaw, Winslow Homer, Edvard Munch, and others.

November 12, 2017 General, Life, Painting
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