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Homer

If you go down to the woods: leaf-peeping

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Paintings of trees in their magnificent autumn colours by Millais, Inness, Monet, Homer, Pissarro, Tom Thomson, Paul Nash, and more.

October 1, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Wet in wet: a brief history of watercolour – 3, 1850-1890

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From Richard Parkes Bonington, through AW Hunt, John Brett, Edward Poynter, Delacroix, Rosa Bonheur, Daumier, Gustave Moreau, and Winslow Homer.

September 10, 2017 General, Painting

Coast: When the boat comes in – 2, Landing the catch

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More paintings of fishing boats and fish markets on the coast, by Turner, Bonington, Monet, Zorn, Sorolla, Signac, and Paul Nash.

August 30, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: On a clear day – from the cliff, Homer to Hills

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Including superb coastal views by Winslow Homer, Monet, Seurat, Sorolla, and van Rysselberghe. The clifftop is a great place from which to paint.

August 25, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Storms, 2 Bierstadt to Bellows

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Rough weather seen on the canvases of Bierstadt, Monet, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, and other fine artists.

August 17, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Love’s Restless Fear: Penelope’s story

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Wife of Odysseus, here are some fine paintings which tell a little of her side of the story. How she not only remained faithful, but some of the challenges she faced.

April 23, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Pride and Petulance: How one woman almost spared Troy

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The anger of Achilles almost brought the Greek war against Troy to a grinding halt. But is Homer’s account fair, or was there more to it?

April 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Children and the sea: the paintings of Virginie Demont-Breton

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Specialised in painting mothers and their children, and fisherfolk of the Channel coast, she was highly successful and advanced career prospects for women painters.

April 7, 2017 General, Painting

Jules Breton’s Eternal Harvest: 4 1877-1889

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Under pressure from his dealers, Breton concentrated on single figures in the countryside, typically at dawn or dusk. These have become some of his most popular paintings.

April 6, 2017 General, Painting

Painting the Impossible: Gone with the Wind – people

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People and the props which they carry can readily show the effects of the wind. Some brilliant examples illustrate this well.

March 26, 2017 General, Painting

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