Best known as the most influential children’s book illustrator, he painted several narrative paintings too.
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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.
Damned by twentieth-century critic Clement Greenberg, his paintings showed classical narratives, with increasing amounts of action.
The artist gives an account of three paintings from her forthcoming book, a highly successful Kickstart project.
He specialised in showing the human impact of war, on the combatants, and civilians.
The most politically adept artist, David was a leader of the French Revolution, then a friend of Napoleon.
The last of the great classical narrative painters, his huge canvases explored lesser-known tales from Greece, Rome, and Scotland.
Known exclusively for his illustrations, Doré painted many large works in oils. He was a master story-teller in those too.
One of the greatest narrative paintings of all time, and the only well-known work by this promising painter.
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