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To the beach! 1

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From West and Frith’s early paintings of the beach at Ramsgate, through their increasing popularity in the 19th century, to Boudin, Monet and Renoir.

August 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: Deceiving the eye

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From the earliest still life paintings, many were designed not just to look realistic, but to deceive the viewer. Examples from van Eyck to the 20th century.

July 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: How Titian Ramsay Peale has been overlooked

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Between 1817 and 1842, he went on a succession of expeditions in the US, Colombia, and the Pacific islands, as artist and naturalist. Yet he was even buried in an unmarked grave. Does modesty pay?

June 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 1

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It’s unusual and difficult to make humorous paintings. Here’s a fine selection from Bosch, Brueghel and Rubens to the late 19th century.

March 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Strangeness on the strand

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Racing sandyachts 500 years ago, Punch and Judy shows, the painter who inspired Pissarro, and a firing squad: not what you’d expect on the beach.

November 18, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Fooled you! The deception of the trompe l’oeil

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Let these paintings fool you: that’s what they’re all about. Happy April Fool’s Day!

April 1, 2017 General, Life, Painting
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