Paintings by JC Dahl, LA Ring, and Erik Henningsen of this large island and its archipelago at the south-west edge of the Baltic Sea.
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Flax for linseed oil, walnut too, Parsifal’s romp with Flowermaidens, a Spring Fairytale from Hans Thoma, the Malibu coast, and one of the last Divisionist landscapes.
From Botticelli’s Primavera to floral meadows of the Spring, with Millais, Millet, Böcklin, Walter Crane, Dennis Miller Bunker, and an unknown Italian Impressionist.
Initially a servant and cook to an Italian painter, he developed his distinctive style from a Flemish artist who had moved to Rome in 1582. A great influence on JMW Turner.
It took him 3 attempts to get to Rome, where he fell ill with syphilis. His patron helped him become well-read and erudite, and that led him to paint sublime pure landscapes.
Landscapes by artists from the USA, Denmark, Wales, Japan, and England, together with locals Muñoz Degrain, Joaquín Sorolla and Enrique Simonet.
Many aspiring painters visited the Prado in Madrid to study its collection of works by the masters. Here are some views of Spain they and its locals painted.
He turned to painting the waters and coasts of the English Channel, with acclaim at the Royal Academy and rich rewards, sufficient to pay for the boats he used as studios.
A relatively latecomer, he started painting Pre-Raphaelite landscapes in 1856, with stunning results in the Alps, and his monumental view of Florence, but those proved unsuccessful.
From the marble quarry at Carrara, through Alpine passes to Lake Garda, over to alligators near Miami, and scenes from the First World War in England.
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