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Silk and canvas: Japan and Europe in painting 2

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Japanese woodblock prints were influenced by European prints, in turn becoming popular with Impressionists, who attracted Japanese artists to study in Paris.

July 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Blossom Festival in paintings 2

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More wonderful paintings from Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Théo van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.

March 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Faithful Friends: Cats in paintings

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Independent and aloof, cats train their humans and think that they’re still large and ferocious. Paintings from Carpaccio to Bonnard.

February 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting in the Rain 2: 1890-2006

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It was Vincent van Gogh who first showed rain streaks, in a painting made just a few days before his death. They’ve since become a standard visual device.

January 26, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Arteries of Industry: paintings of canals 2

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Canals from Sisley at the end of the 19th century, and paintings of Venice by Canaletto, Rico, and of course John Singer Sargent.

June 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Helen Hyde, American Japoniste

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She lived mainly in Tokyo from 1899-1914, where she learned colour woodcut prints. A small selection of her wonderful work from there and Mexico.

May 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Geese 2: The Goose Girl

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From a strange rustic nude by Millet, in the 1880s and 90s the Goose Girl was a popular motif. Examples from Lhermitte, Bouguereau, and others.

May 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Next Year in Paintings: da Vinci, Courbet, Renoir, and more

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Plans to celebrate anniversaries of major painters, series on narrative paintings, and more, for the coming year.

January 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1918: Narrative and Figurative

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Narrative works by Corinth, Klimt, and others; figurative work by the same two, Schiele and Munch.

November 19, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Sargent’s Summer with Rosina

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He was 22, just trained, and on a working holiday on Capri. She was 17, and the priest had warned her not to associate with artists. She ignored that advice.

April 7, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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