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Paintings of 1922: Figurative and portraits

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Paintings by Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Dagnan-Bouveret, LA Ring, and others all completed a century ago.

December 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Coming home to a real fire in paintings 2

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Two paintings by van Gogh, and others show open fires and stoves heating homes and other places up to 1930.

December 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A moment in time: clocks and time in paintings 2

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From Rebecca Solomon’s Appointment (1861), through Cézanne’s clock without any hands, to Christian Krohg’s at almost midnight.

October 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Weekend Reflections: 1 Landscapes

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Reflections seen in landscapes from Dürer’s pioneering watercolour, through Poussin and Turner to Monet, Sisley and Neo-Impressionists.

October 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 3 The Grim Reaper

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The Grim Reaper, complete with scythe, first appeared in the Middle Ages and became popular in the 19th century. It’s one of the few phrases drawn from visual art.

October 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Portrait of the artist’s wife 2

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More wives from Raffaela Zeppa, through Lovis Corinth’s Charlotte Berend, to Pierre Bonnard’s Marthe, plus two husbands.

October 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Dolce Far Niente: Paintings of blissful laziness 2

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Two specialists in the sub-genre, John Godward and John Singer Sargent, show us how to chill out in their paintings.

July 31, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Start of the Year: Paintings of Spring 1

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This is when the year should really begin. A celebration of the real New Year from Botticelli to Pissarro, aided by Sisley, Van Gogh and others.

March 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Thatched Cottages 2

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As they were being replaced by tiles and slates, thatched roofs started to become fashionable, and are now popular tourist attractions. Paintings of thatch from the 20th century.

February 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1921: 2 Interiors and exteriors

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Fine paintings from 1921 by Pierre Bonnard, wildlife artist Bruno Liljefors, Colin Campbell Cooper, and others.

December 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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