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Landscape oil sketches from Valenciennes to Pissarro

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Examples of the work of Thomas Jones, Constable, Corot, Blechen, Boudin, Jongkind, Pissarro, Cézanne, Sargent, Monet, and more.

February 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The only Austrian Impressionist: Theodor von Hörmann

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Claimed to be the only Austrian Impressionist, he didn’t start painting full-time until he was 43, and died twelve years later. Here are some superb paintings.

February 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 3 The challenge of narrative

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He made friends with Rubens, who helped him improve his narrative painting, and them travelled to Italy, where he painted the first plein air oil sketches in European art.

February 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Watching: Sargent’s paintings of painters painting

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He painted many wonderful oil sketches and watercolours of other artists painting outdoors. Here are a few to enjoy.

July 20, 2017 General, Painting

Tom Thomson: Canada from a Canoe, 1915 (2)

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More superb paintings from his most productive year, 1915, including wild flowers, different approaches to autumn, and a snowstorm.

July 5, 2017 General, Painting

Figures in a Landscape: 1 Little people in grand views

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Who is the wanderer and painter in Thomas Fearnley’s landscapes? Does he have any deeper purpose, or was he just a graphical signature?

May 26, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Pre-Raphaelite Landscapes 5: John Brett 2

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After 1870, he drifted from the Pre-Raphaelite, painting more seascapes, but still some wonderful coastal scenes.

November 5, 2016 General, Painting

Pre-Raphaelite Landscapes 4: John Brett 1

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From his first painting of the Glacier of Rosenlaui in 1856, Brett made pure landscapes in Pre-Raphaelite style – stunning in their detail.

November 4, 2016 General, Painting

Pre-Raphaelite Landscapes 3: development

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A brief survey of landscapes by Ford Madox Brown, Thomas Seddon, William Dyce, and others in the late 1850s.

November 3, 2016 General, Painting

Pre-Raphaelite Landscapes 2: truth

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The pursuit of truth was not easy, and posed its own problems, which altered the look of paintings.

November 2, 2016 General, Painting

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