The advent of wet-in-wet, canvas supports, fewer layers, impasto, and visible brushstrokes.
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From 1920, his paintings focussed more on his family, then changed direction again in his late landscapes.
One of the greatest US painters of the twentieth century, his early Ashcan works showed the harsh realities of life in the city.
Did Antonello da Messina learn to paint with oils in Flanders, and bring back a revolution to Italy?
Some of Bosch’s original visual inventions have long outlived him. This is the story of how a hat used to persecute Jews has become a symbol of magic and wizardry.
Trained by Laurens at the Académie Julian, he was a superb history painter, quite Impressionist, and a founding father of Venezuelan art.
A detailed look at the materials and technique in van Eyck’s mature works, and those of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The major problems in oil painting had been solved before the van Eycks. One was a reliable supply of solvent/diluent spirits.
After 1900, he painted more landscapes, first of Morocco, then of the Spanish countryside.
To mark the 500th anniversary of his memorial service, a collection of his unique owls.
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