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Painting the Casualties of War 1

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Frédéric Bazille and Henri Regnault, both killed in the brief Franco-Prussian War. War artists including former surgeon Henry Tonks show scenes from the First World War.

May 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 5 Voyage and Return, Orpheus and Eurydice

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The fourth ‘basic plot’ is the story of voyage and return, for which we turn to Ovid’s account of this couple, and a dozen superb paintings. But does the model fit?

November 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Crème de la Crème: Winners of the Prix de Rome for painting 2

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The Prix de Rome changed in the 19th century. Its subjects became more obscure, and its successes few and far between.

July 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Thetis, Achilles’ mother

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Known from her wedding, which led to the Trojan War, and for being the mother of the Greek warrior Achilles, she is well-known in paintings.

March 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting sculpture: 2 Pygmalion and Gérôme

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The king of Cyprus whose ivory sculpture turned into his future wife, painted by Regnault and Burne-Jones, and Gérôme’s fascinating paintings of his painted figures. And turning painting into sculpture.

October 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Gustave Moreau and Symbolism: Salome

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His two paintings of Salome shown at the 1876 Salon are dominated if not overwhelmed by their symbols. They are the watershed in his art.

March 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: Renoir’s Judgement of Paris

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From a pen and ink drawing, to fine sketches in chalk, then into oil paint on canvas, next modelled by a sculptor in clay, and finally into a bronze bas relief.

December 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Corydon: 2 Shepherds from staffage to social symbol

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From being staffage in landscapes, shepherds and their flocks became motifs in their own right, with the social realist of Millet, even Henri Regnault.

April 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Teacher of John Singer Sargent, Edvard Munch, and more: Léon Bonnat

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The teacher of Caillebotte, Eakins, Munch, John Singer Sargent, Toulouse-Lautrec and many other artists. But almost forgotten himself.

January 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Alhambra: 2 Landscapes 1767-1883

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Increasingly popular during the 19th century, the Alhambra was painted by von Lenbach, Regnault, Childe Hassam, Australian Tom Roberts, and others.

December 8, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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