Painting is one of the oldest and most widely-accessible media for narrative. But narrative painting is also one of the least studied.
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A painter in enamel, three assorted landscape painters, and probably the most gifted artist of the whole group.
From cave paintings to on-demand movies, narrative is one of the most pervasive and persistent features of humans.
Marines painted by the grandson of one of Napoleon’s generals, and views of the Seine and its bridges.
We still associate brushmarks with sketchiness, speed of painting, spontaneity, bravura, and panache – and smooth paint surfaces, assembled from multiple layers and glazes, as being heartless mechanical essays in technique.
An innovator and major influence in the Impressionist movement, he seems to have been judged on his poorer works, not these, his best paintings.
She started with packs of fruit wrapped in clear plastic, and systematically investigated the complex balance between transmitted and reflected light.
Portraits by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Kauffmann, and others show extensive brushstrokes.
Two justifiably popular Impressionist painters who are now largely forgotten, and a third who has simply vanished from the records.
A remarkable cave painting in the Ardèche, France, is likely to be the oldest landscape painting in the world.
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