He painted successful watercolour views of Paris before he turned 18, and went on to paint across Europe in oils and watercolours that had great influence.
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First Slade Professor, Principal of what became the Royal College of Art, Director of the National Gallery, and President of the Royal Academy, yet now forgotten.
Some of the greatest paintings forming the zeitgeist of the genre, from Poussin, Rubens, Valenciennes, Turner, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and others.
Some of the greatest works of Impressionism, including Monet and Renoir’s ‘Bathers at la Grenouillère’, and one of Bazille’s last works.
Stories involving swimmers, including Hero and Leander, the Ship of Fools, and a poem by Thomas Gray, with paintings by Bosch, Rubens and others.
Jason’s father was too old to celebrate his son’s success in getting the Golden Fleece, so his wife Medea uses sorcery to wind the clock back and make him young again.
Of all Ovid’s Heroines, the most successful, as she both survived and got her revenge on the treacherous Theseus.
Who is this deeply troubled woman, only known for her attempted abduction by the Centaur Nessus? And how did she bring about Hercules’ death?
Yellow for harvest at the end of the dry summer. Also mixed with blues and greens, although sometimes not proving lightfast.
An overview of the German Romantic painters including Caspar David Friedrich and JC Dahl, with links to all the original articles in this series.
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