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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

Landscape Composition: 16 Reflections

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From Dürer and Poussin to Cézanne and Hodler, reflections have been important in many landscape paintings.

December 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Gloves in paintings: 1 Meaning

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Like eyes and the rest of the face, hands are most usually seen uncovered in figurative paintings. These paintings show gloved hands which have special purposes and meaning.

March 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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

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