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Work in Progress: Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Cypresses

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No one painted trees, particularly cypresses, like Vincent van Gogh. A group of 3 wonderful paintings from his time at Saint-Rémy.

October 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Dream 2

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Dreams painted by more modern artists, from William Blake to Paul Nash. These tend to become progressively harder to read.

October 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Dream 1

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Painting dreams relies on a compositional convention to show both the viewer’s image of the dream, and that of the dreamer.

October 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Fading Dreams of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 2

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A painting based on one of Schubert’s songs expressing the inevitability of death, a Christ-like fisherman, and sacred groves – from one of the fathers of Symbolism.

October 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Fading Dreams of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 1

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Paintings by Puvis were the antithesis of realism, Impressionism, and the Academic. They became popular after the Franco-Prussian War.

October 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: More deception and the talking myrtle

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At the end of the fourth canto, Rinaldo was in Scotland, travelling through a wood with an esquire […]

October 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: Vermeer’s Milkmaid

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The paintings of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) were quickly forgotten after his death, and his art fell into obscurity. […]

October 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: Sorcery and Scotland

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Bradamante continues her quest to find and release her lover from the castle of steel. And Rinaldo ends up in Scotland, where he starts an adventure.

October 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: Rembrandt’s Bathsheba

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Rembrandt’s late paintings created visual effects as much by surface textures, as by form or colour; his secret lies in how he was able to do this in his paint.

October 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Symbols in painting before Symbolism 1800-1860

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Examples from William Blake, Caspar David Friedrich, Delacroix, and an enigmatic painting of Wales.

October 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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