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Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 16: Hamlet 3

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Paintings of the death of Ophelia from 1889 to 1910, including works by Waterhouse, Odilon Redon, and others.

September 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pastel painters: History and contents of the series

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From Robert Nanteuil’s first pastel portraits in the 1660s to Ants Laikmaa in 1929, a history of the greatest pastel painters and links to articles about individual artists.

August 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Glue tempera paintings 2: Nabis

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Paints using glue as their binder were revived by Pierre Bonnard, the Nabis and Odilon Redon in the late 19th century, with startling results.

July 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Pure Colour: Pastels of Odilon Redon

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He didn’t paint much in pastels until he was in his fifties, but for the last 20 years of his life he made many highly original works in their pure colour.

July 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 3: The Tempest

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Twelve years earlier, the real Duke of Milan was abandoned with his young daughter in a small boat. When he is able to bring his usurper to face his revenge, this is what happens.

July 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 10 Oedipus

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One of the famous painted narratives, Oedipus and the Sphinx proves an exception to all rules, but is glossed over in discussion of the literary narrative.

December 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: 9 Into the twentieth century

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From eccentric trompes l’oeil through a laid-up meal table to the domestics of Pierre Bonnard, still life painting was very much alive in the early 20th century.

July 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Fruit of the Sea: Paintings of seashells 2

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Seashells appear in Turner’s myths, Dyce’s fresco for Queen Victoria, twice in Elihu Vedder’s work, and in Odilon Redon’s. And a story from Rubens about seashells and colour.

June 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Apollo

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Son of Zeus and Leto, he has broad responsibilities from archery to prophecy. Popular in paintings, examples from Raphael, Moreau, and others masters.

October 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Hospitality to strangers, a theme in narrative painting 2

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Classical expectations are reinforced in the Bible, but clearly fade by New Testament times, when Jesus uses attitudes towards Samaritans in his teaching. By the 19th century, hospitality has been lost.

September 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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