The pursuit of truth was not easy, and posed its own problems, which altered the look of paintings.
landscape
What was Pre-Raphaelite landscape painting? A throwback to Masaccio, beyond Turner, or Ruskinism?
Into the 20th century, and he was busy teaching at Summer Schools in Europe, and trying to come to terms with art of the future.
His golden age, when each summer the family moved up to their house at Shinnecock, where he taught, and painted like never before.
After 1900, New York City became a more dominant theme in the works of major East Coast artists.
How did great painters of the East Coast paint the cities in which they lived and worked?
One of the most famous Texan painters, he is known for his bluebonnet works. But he also painted under pseudonyms when in New York.
As an Impressionist painter, his plein air paintings of Shinnecock are central to his works and career. They were also much of his teaching.
Full membership of the Royal Academy, a gigantic landscape of the sublime, and several important commissions: the peak of his career.
One of the major figures in British painting in the first half of the 1800s, but usually ignored today. His oil sketches are exceptional.
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