City streets grew a lethal mixture of horse-drawn vehicles, trams, buses, and a few motor cars. But above them flew the pioneer aviators.
history of painting
Moving around changed greatly in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the advent of canals, steam ships and trains, hot air balloons, and the bicycle.
An amateur artist until 1883, he was a collector and patron, and continued to show his work at each of the Impressionist Exhibitions until 1886.
Prodigy and friend of John Singer Sargent, he was a successful portrait-painter to the wealthy and a master pastellist.
Concludes a survey of his major paintings with links to detailed articles. From his leadership of Neo-Impressionism to his late watercolours.
A short survey of his major paintings, with links to detailed articles in this series. From his early Impressionism to being leader of Neo-Impressionism after the death of Georges Seurat.
Based on Plutarch’s Lives, this play contains some of the most memorable quotations in English, and has been painted quite frequently.
From changes in ploughs to the enclosure and farming of what had been open land, landscape paintings can tell us a lot about the history of the land.
Reading the history of agriculture in landscape paintings tells the story of the revolution that has taken place over the last 500 years.
Awarded a medal for his bravery, veteran of many battles and wars fought by the Imperial Russian Army, his paintings were banned in Russia and elsewhere.
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