She has been a symbol of French nationalism, of the revanchism following the Franco-Prussian War, and then of early feminism: some wonderful paintings of Joan’s divine visions.
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The first in a series of articles commemorating the centenary of his death. His oil sketches are simply brilliant.
Would such a great narrative painter really paint landscapes which lack a story?
In her final years, she concentrated on her writing. But her painting continued to innovate, and she produced some of her finest work, shown here.
Some of the key paintings telling the story of the grisly death of the satyr Marsyas, who lost his musical contest against Apollo.
His watercolours proved very successful in a series of best-selling books. But the large mural paintings by which he hoped to be remembered were more of a problem.
A clutch of myths about individual Amazons reveal more about their role in affirming role models in Greek and subsequent society. With some fine paintings too.
More popular today than in classical Greece, these warrior women could have been an opportunity to redress the balance between genders. Here they are at war.
A lighter and formerly very popular story brings to light some masterly paintings, including a superb work by Jan Brueghel the Elder.
How Colin Campbell Cooper and George Bellows used figures in their paintings of New York City in the early twentieth century.
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