No other artist was so influential on the last 25 years of painting in the 19th century, although he died when only 36.
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Narrative painting was popular and becoming increasingly sophisticated two millennia ago.
Why did no artist paint stories from Dickens and the other popular writers of the nineteenth century?
Initially a portraitist and history painter, be became strongly Impressionist, painting wonderful landscapes in the late nineteenth century.
The pick of the exhibitions and books to help you celebrate Hieronymus Bosch’s 500th anniversary.
Tracing key events in the Kalevala in the paintings of Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
Earlier paintings by Ekman, Keinänen, Godenhjelm, and Muukka telling some of the stories from Finland’s national epic.
Preference for water-based paints on paper in Japan allowed artists to show 4 dimensions on a 2D scroll.
He worked as an assistant to Holman Hunt for 15 years, but also painted spectacular watercolours.
Her paintings take you beyond the instant optical gratification of Impressionism, into a great painterly discourse between the inside and outside.
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