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Next year in paintings: Ford Madox Brown, Antoine Watteau, Fernand Khnopff

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A look forward to the eclectic collection of painters whose anniversaries I’ll be marking here, and a glimpse of some of the paintings to come. Happy New Year!

January 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting sculpture: 1 Senses, rude Romans, and sculptors

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Although painting and sculpture are closely allied, it’s curious to depict sculpture in painting. Examples range from early grisailles to ribald depictions of the Roman god Priapus.

October 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddesses of the Week: Graiai and Gorgons

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Sisters at the heart of the myth of Perseus, Medusa and Andromeda. In painting by Burne-Jones, Caravaggio, Malczewski, Klimt and others.

July 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 2

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Some of his more popular Symbolist paintings from the 1890s, a portrait of a humanitarian journalist, and more.

June 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 2

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Early in 1896, several artists who exhibited at the Salons set up a rival exhibition. The following year was the last of Péladan’s and his movements petered out by the twentieth century.

May 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 1

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The apogee of the Symbolist Movement in France was run by its self-appointed high priest, Joséphin Péladan. A selection of paintings from its early years to 1894.

May 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting in the Rain 1: 1587-1890

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In the late 19th century painters turned attention to depicting rainy conditions, with Caillebotte’s closely observed views, and effects on colour.

January 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Terrifying Beauty: Medusa 1

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Formerly a beautiful young woman, she was turned into a monster by Minerva, and painted by Caravaggio, Rubens, Klimt, and others.

May 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Women in the Life of Jules Joseph LeFebvre 2

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Although known for his paintings of nudes, many of his subjects were fully-clothed, and most were powerful women who overcame adversity.

February 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Psychology of the Riddle: Oedipus and the Sphinx

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Hardly painted before 1800, there has since been a succession of brilliant paintings of this story. Its focus has changed, from the tension as Oedipus tries to answer the riddle, to the femme fatale.

May 28, 2017 General, Life, Painting

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