How Acontius won his bride, and how a portrait of her by an obscure Dutch painter may be part of a series. Mysteries solved, perhaps?
Martin
His unique brushstrokes built form, brilliant colour, and texture in his paintings.
Known only to the French, his pointillism, Symbolism, and bold use of colour bring startling results.
A contemporary and friend of Turner, Etty, Cole, and Allston, his narrative paintings are very different.
Painting a literary narrative, by Rembrandt, John Martin, and Washington Allston.
Two painters whose visions were particularly clearly articulated, and contrasting: Caspar David Friedrich and Samuel Palmer.
From the early years of landscape painting as a genre in its own right, artists have used it to depict the awe-inspiring but fascinating horrors of the sublime.
