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More Than Portraits: 9, the revolutionary paintings of Diego Velázquez

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Live models for figures, landscape oil sketching in front of the motif, the sensuous nude, narratives with multiple readings, incredibly loose brushwork, and so much more than portraits.

March 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 8 Las Meninas

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Not his last great painting by any means, but his greatest and most thought-provoking. Where are the royal couple, seen only in reflection, and who is everyone looking at?

March 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 6 Spinners

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Is it just a quirky re-telling of the myth of Arachne and her weaving contest? What do the foreground and background have in common? A superb visual riddle, perhaps.

February 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 5 Sibyl and Spinners

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A sibyl, or an allegory of painting? Maybe the ‘maid of Corinth’ who legends says ‘invented’ painting. And are they spinners, or the story of Arachne?

February 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 4 From Mars to Venus

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Three religious paintings, including two skilfully-told narratives, a history, and the only nude of his to have survived.

February 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Pierre Bonnard: On Reflection

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Between 1905 and 1916, he often painted his models in front of a mirror, and played games with their reflections.

September 12, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Ripples in Reality: The Landscape Paintings of Frits Thaulow, 2

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He returned to one theme repeatedly: reflections in the rippled and turbulent surface of a river.

March 21, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Ripples in Reality: The Landscape Paintings of Frits Thaulow, 1

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Realist, Naturalist, or Impressionist? The distinctive landscapes of Thaulow complemented the figurative painting of his friend Christian Krohg.

March 20, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema: the woman’s world

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Specialising in Dutch domestic scenes in the 17th century, she explored reflections, and was assiduous in authenticity of details.

October 31, 2016 General, Painting

Janet Fish: Glass & Plastic, the Early Years: exhibition at DC Moore Gallery

She started with packs of fruit wrapped in clear plastic, and systematically investigated the complex balance between transmitted and reflected light.

January 12, 2016 General, Painting

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