A World View with a high aspect ratio, they came to dominate in the latter half of the 19th century, some being major commercial attractions. Now ubiquitous.
Harpignies
Originally a marsh just outside the city’s walls, it came to be the heart of the city, a market, meeting place, and the political hub.
A selection of sky-rich oil sketches made in the Roman Campagna during the first half of the 19th century.
Ten paintings, some very famous: can you work out which show dawn, and show dusk?
He continued to exhibit at the Salon until he was almost 94, and was one of the leading painters of trees of his time. Celebrating his bicentenary today.
A late starter, his career spanned the whole of the last half of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. Wonderful landscapes.
Plans to celebrate anniversaries of major painters, series on narrative paintings, and more, for the coming year.
