Louis Blériot’s flight across the Channel in 1909, biplanes in the air war in 1914-18, and the Battle of Britain seen from a distance in 1941.
history of painting
From earliest ascents in hot air balloons from 1783 onwards, their role in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, to the first airships and Wright style aircraft.
Typically by a road junction outside a town, they are a grim reminder of the brutal consequences of even petty crimes, and significant to the reading of paintings shown.
At the end of the Golden Age, he specialised in painting the Dark Arts, with astrology, rejuvenation, witchcraft, and faerie allegories.
From 1885 fans were a popular support for several artists, including Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, and Paul Gauguin painted many of them.
Long used as a support for fine art painting in East Asia, fans made their way from Japan into French collections in the late 19th century, and Degas and Pissarro saw their potential.
January is named after the Roman god of transitions, Janus, and is the first month of the New Year. Or is it? Classical civilisations more usually started their year in Spring, and what’s this about Juno?
Symbolism, Naturalism, Neo-Impressionism, industrial realism, Hudson River landscapes, folklore, orientalist landscapes, Impressionism, and genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age.
Last of London’s working horses, the fall of Phaethon, 3D water droplets in Hell, vanitas symbols, Neptune’s horses, a blown-out umbrella, and others.
Lower East Side tenements, King Midas with ass’s ears, unusual interiors, Napoleon’s retreat in 1812, marble quarries, British music halls, and more.
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