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Painted Stories in Britain 16: Open narrative and problem pictures

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In the latter half of the 19th century, a new narrative form developed, primarily among British painters: the open narrative, or problem picture.

December 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Dolce Far Niente: Paintings of blissful laziness 1

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The enjoyment of being idle, indulgence of relaxation, and blissful laziness: that’s dolce far niente for you, in paintings to chill out with.

July 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 13 Telling a new story

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Can a single painting tell the viewer a story which they don’t already know? Examples from Holman Hunt, Degas, Orchardson, Collier and Chierici.

January 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Visual Riddles: Summary and contents

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New genres in literature gave the public a taste for different forms of narrative. Here’s a short account of the response in ‘problem pictures’ from Hunt to Collier.

September 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Visual Riddles: Refinement

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Becoming more popular in the late 1880s and early 1890s, ‘problem pictures’ from Marie Spartali Stillman, Henrietta Rae, Millais, and others.

August 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Visual Riddles: Fame

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Fine examples from Millais, Berthold Woltze, Yeames, William Quiller Orchardson, and Degas.

August 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Faites vos jeux: gambling on canvas 2, after 1850

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The late 19th century took gambling upmarket into glitzy casinos. Seen in paintings by Courbet, Rossetti, Félix Vallotton, and others.

May 27, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Problem pictures

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Their purpose was to encourage speculation and debate as to what their narrative is.

February 19, 2016 General, Painting
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