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Malczewski

Goddess of the Week: Bellona (Enyo), War

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Little-known now, she was painted by Rubens (twice), Rembrandt (possibly), Lagrenée, and Jacek Malczewski.

January 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Hospitality to strangers, a theme in narrative painting 2

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Classical expectations are reinforced in the Bible, but clearly fade by New Testament times, when Jesus uses attitudes towards Samaritans in his teaching. By the 19th century, hospitality has been lost.

September 27, 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

Knight of Symbols: paintings of Jacek Malczewski 2

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His portraits aren’t simple likenesses, but personal narratives which can be difficult to read now because loss of their context.

May 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Knight of Symbols: paintings of Jacek Malczewski 1

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Brilliant paintings of Poles exiled to Siberia, Thanatos as a woman, Medusa, and the story of Tobias and the angel.

May 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddesses of the Week: The Fates

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Epitomising human attitudes to life and death for millennia, they spin the thread of life, measure the length allotted to each person, and cut that length with shears.

April 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the week: Thanatos (Death)

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Rarely painted, particularly in classical form, until the 19th century, the Grim Reaper is based on Father Time, not Thanatos.

April 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Is there a Willow? Paintings of Ophelia from 1890

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As narrative painting went into decline, Ophelia became even more popular. From Henrietta Rae through sub-aqua views to Waterhouse’s obsession.

August 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Intangible: The non-visual cast as a figure

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Greece, France, death, day, night and more painted by Delacroix, Waterhouse, Watts, Gérôme, Malczewski, ER Hughes, and more.

July 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: Wood panels

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From the funerary portraits of Fayum, through the work of Jan van Eyck, to Leonardo, Rubens and Botticelli, many of the greatest paintings are on wood panels.

May 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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