Known now for her illustrations, she was a talented watercolour painter who documented country cottages and life in southern England, and was the first woman to be elected to full membership of the Royal Watercolour Society.
history of painting
How two members of the Bloomsbury Group battled with John Singer Sargent and destroyed his reputation for nearly 50 years, and reshaped 20th century painting.
How the criticism of John Ruskin unintentionally made it practically impossible to paint landscapes in the latter half of the 19th century.
She started training at the age of 15 in New York, then in Paris, where for a decade she was one of the most successful American painters, but died soon after her return to the USA.
Twenty-three scenes integrated into Memling’s Passion, nine into Tintoretto’s huge Crucifixion, and three into Poussin’s Gathering the Manna.
A summary of the development of visible brushstrokes and marks in European painting, from 1400, with links to articles in this series.
Portraits by Sisley, Delacroix, Cabanel, Piet Mondrian early in his career, William Morris Hunt, Astrup, Schwabe, and Claude Monet.
Heracles pays the penalty for multiple murders, as he is subjugated, stripped of his lion-skin and club, dressed in women’s clothing, and forced to serve Queen Omphale.
Masaccio’s Tribute Money deciphered, and examples from masters including Duccio, Jacopo da Sellaio, Botticelli, Fra Bartolomeo and the Carraccis.
By the 20th century artists were starting to understand why painterly images rich in brushstrokes were often more effective than those in fine detail.
