The most politically adept artist, David was a leader of the French Revolution, then a friend of Napoleon.
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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?
Two Romantic series from the founder of the Hudson River School, showing the rise and loss of civilisation, and the stages of life.
Hogarth’s series spawned several others, the most significant being by Augustus Egg and William Frith.
His most famous, and brilliantly painted, narrative series, and an experimental oddity.
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