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Paintings of reading and books 3: Tranquil or dangerous

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More women reading, from Dante’s beloved Beatrice to Charlotte Corday, who was psyching herself up with Plutarch’s Lives before murdering Marat in his bath.

November 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Harvest Home in paintings – the harvest

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Superb paintings by Bruegel, Samuel Palmer, Daubigny, Jules Breton, Anna Ancher, Félix Vallotton, and others.

September 5, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Finale: The Exposition Universelle of 1900, 1

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Looking back at the art of the nineteenth century, there was a large section devoted to Impressionism, but acclaimed Symbolist and other paintings too.

June 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the week: Thanatos (Death)

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Rarely painted, particularly in classical form, until the 19th century, the Grim Reaper is based on Father Time, not Thanatos.

April 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Blossom Festival in paintings 2

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More wonderful paintings from Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Théo van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.

March 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Danish artist Laurits Andersen Ring comes to the US at last

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If you can get to Greenwich, CT, before late May, visit the Bruce Museum’s exhibition of this Danish artist’s paintings.

February 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of lunch

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Paintings by Velázquez, Manet, Renoir, Sorolla, and others.

December 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of breakfast

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Paintings by Botticelli, William Merritt Chase, Pierre Bonnard, Paxton, and Vuillard showing the first meal of the day.

December 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Missing Mud of Winter 2

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Mud as painted in the Danish countryside, and in Norway. But the last word goes to war: both in the Franco-Prussian and First World Wars.

December 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Bridges in paintings: Beyond Impressionism

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Modern bridges and more modern paintings from Vallotton, Bonnard, Schiele, and most prominently Joseph Stella’s ‘Brooklyn Bridge’.

July 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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