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Painted Deserts 1

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Before the 19th century, most paintings of deserts were imaginary. Then artists started to paint them at first hand. Paintings up to 1864.

December 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

River in Flight: paintings of waterfalls 1

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From Tivoli, near Rome, in 1757, through the Alps with Wolf and Turner, to remote Albania as seen by Edward Lear, artist and poet.

July 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Edward Lear in the Land of the Jumblies 2

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Edward Lear paints his visits to Palestine, Greece, Albania, and India, including a breathtaking view of Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling.

May 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Edward Lear in the Land of the Jumblies 1

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Once Britain’s foremost natural history artist, when he realised his eyesight was failing he turned to painting landscapes on his travels.

May 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Distant snowline: the coming of autumn in the mountains 1

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The first brush with autumn occurs when the hill and mountain tops change to white, as if dusted by icing sugar – the first thrill for children and skiers.

October 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Travels with Edward Lear: 2 Israel, France, India

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Some of the finest travel paintings of the century, covering areas which were still seldom visited, and ending with a spectacular view of the world’s 3rd highest mountain, Kangchenjunga.

September 17, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Travels with Edward Lear: 1 Italy, Greece, Albania

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Come travel through Europe and beyond in the magnificent watercolours painted by the author of ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’.

September 16, 2017 General, Life, Painting

The meaning of tortoises

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Why are there two tortoises in the foreground of Moreau’s ‘Orpheus’? After a journey through Zen Buddhism, fables, and political allegory, the answer may be more obvious.

January 15, 2017 General, Painting
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