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Merson

In Memoriam Luc-Olivier Merson, storyteller in paint

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Highly original visual stories, of the Soldier of Marathon, Saint Francis of Assisi and the Wolf of Agubbio, plus illustrations for ‘Notre Dame de Paris’.

November 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Martyrs’ Mountain: Paintings of Montmartre 2

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The bohemian quarter of Paris, painted by van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec (who lived there for 20 years), Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, and others.

January 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Next year in paintings: Raphael, Anders Zorn, Modigliani and more

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Look for series covering the life and paintings of Raphael, the Swedish Anders Zorn, Amedeo Modigliani, and articles on others with anniversaries this year.

January 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the flight to Egypt

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Fra Bartolomeo, Tintoretto, Blake, Merson, Tanner, and a very special nocturne by Adam Elsheimer show this popular story.

December 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Léon Frédéric: 1 Rural poor

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A fantasy self-portrait naked with a skeleton on his lap, and one of the most haunting depictions of rural deprivation. A very unusual artist indeed.

November 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Reality: 8 Outcome

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The influence and inheritance of Naturalism is hard to judge even now. Given the dramatic change in painting in the 20th century, its greatest inheritance may be in photography.

January 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: From Theseus to Caius Marius

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Great paintings by Rubens, David, Rembrandt, Merson, Sciuti and Tiepolo telling some of the best stories from Plutarch’s ‘Lives’.

November 5, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Victor Hugo on Canvas: Quasimodo and Esmeralda

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The story of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has become something of a modern legend. Here are some of the paintings made of its story, before it obsessed early filmmakers.

September 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Painting Truth: When did she emerge from a well?

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Tracing the origin of a vivid allegory in late 19th century painting, normally attributed to the Dreyfus affair. When did the naked Truth first climb out of a well, and why?

July 19, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 5a Aristides

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Aristides the Just, who was a general at the Battle of Marathon, but refused to line his pockets from the public purse.

July 9, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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