Manet’s remarkably early painting of a cyclist dates from 1871, but the Impressionists appear to have ignored the new kings of the road.
Manet
What do Bosch’s many owls signify? Wisdom, night, or something more sinister?
Railways and painting have been intertwined since 1844. Turner, Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others show how.
Some of the Impressionists did paint (possibly) narrative works. But they didn’t always work out.
Conclusions: did he paint Impressions, and was he a member of the Impressionist group?
A noted critic and sculptor, a career painter, and an artist who became a local politician, with examples of their work.
This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.
It was Clive Bell’s aesthetics which underpinned Roger Fry’s promotion of the Post-Impressionists. Here is what he wrote.
An exhibition in London in 1910 changed the course of history for Cézanne, and John Singer Sargent.
Fifteen paintings by 11 artists showing the gardens over more than 130 years.
The Eclectic Light Company 