The artist gives an account of three paintings from her forthcoming book, a highly successful Kickstart project.
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He specialised in showing the human impact of war, on the combatants, and civilians.
Was he really one of the most important French painters of the nineteenth century?
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.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) was a Romantic painter noted for his enigmatic landscapes which have provoked much speculation […]
A contemporary of Turner, whose work was hugely popular at the time. Did his explanations for nudes hold good?
Why did Winslow Homer apparently paint so few watercolours in 1882?
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