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Autumn Views 1

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Paintings conveying the atmosphere of autumn, from Joos de Momper in the early 17th century, to Hawkins in about 1890,

October 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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

Paintings of reading and books 3: Tranquil or dangerous

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More women reading, from Dante’s beloved Beatrice to Charlotte Corday, who was psyching herself up with Plutarch’s Lives before murdering Marat in his bath.

November 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 2

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Some of his more popular Symbolist paintings from the 1890s, a portrait of a humanitarian journalist, and more.

June 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 1

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Initially successful with Naturalist paintings similar to those of Bastien-Lepage, around 1890 he became a leading Symbolist.

June 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 1

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The apogee of the Symbolist Movement in France was run by its self-appointed high priest, Joséphin Péladan. A selection of paintings from its early years to 1894.

May 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Fan Club: painted fans in European art 2

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More exquisite painted fans from Carl Larsson, Paul Gauguin, Anders Zorn, and the Australian Impressionist Charles Conder.

September 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 2: References and explanations

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It’s sometimes hard to read a painting without understanding an inscription. Masaccio, Rossetti, Moreau, Corinth and Botticelli gives us some clues.

July 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Haloes and Fans: the forgotten paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins

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His style shifted from the academic, to Bastien-Lepage’s naturalism, to a distinctive blend of Impressionism and Symbolism. Some wonderful paintings.

April 24, 2017 General, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 16 – Venus and Mars, Leucothoe and Clytie

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Three stories in a single telling, about Helios/Sol, the personification of the Sun. His role in the adultery of Venus and Mars, and his two lovers and their bitter rivalry.

April 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting
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