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When history is fiction: painted inventions of Pierre Guérin

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The fictional Marcus Sextus, Napoleon pardoning the rebels of Cairo, and Narcissus where he shouldn’t be: disinformation in history painting.

January 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Antoine Coypel 2

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A series of motifs telling stories from classical mythology was completed with a breathtaking ceiling in the Sun King’s Royal Chapel at Versailles.

January 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Antoine Coypel 1

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For the 200th anniversary of his death, a look back at paintings by this artist, a favourite of the Sun King. Here are mainly religious images.

January 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Crème de la Crème: Winners of the Prix de Rome for painting 2

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The Prix de Rome changed in the 19th century. Its subjects became more obscure, and its successes few and far between.

July 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Crème de la Crème: Winners of the Prix de Rome for painting 1

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Founded around 1666, the Prix de Rome was an annual contest for narrative painting. First prize was study at the French Academy in Rome.

July 3, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Celebrating the bicentenary of Ford Madox Brown: 3 Successful work

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Two major works in his later years: ‘Work’, showing a crowded street in Victorian London, and 12 large murals for Manchester Town Hall.

April 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Celebrating the bicentenary of Ford Madox Brown: 2 The hard road to success

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After painting his masterpiece ‘The Last of England’, he returned to landscapes made with great attention to detail, in front of the motif. And they sold.

April 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A history of history painting after 1800: 1870 on

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Following the Paris Commune of 1871, history painters resorted to indirect reference in paintings of obscure episodes in mediaeval history.

March 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A history of history painting after 1800: to 1869

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From David’s history paintings of the end of the eighteenth century, the genre went from strength to strength, with major works by Goya, Géricault, and even Manet.

March 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Last History Painter: In memoriam Jean-Paul Laurens 2

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More extraordinary tales from French and European history told in his paintings.

March 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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