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Paintings of fans

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Paintings from Watteauto George Bellows showing this popular fashion accessory, sometimes used for surreptitious communication between lovers.

August 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Bewitched: Paintings of witches 2

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Pre-Raphaelites painted Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend, and the Nabi Paul Ranson seemed fascinated by witches.

June 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Colour Notes 8: The scarlet woman

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Well known from language, the scarlet woman should be easy to read in paintings. But all that is scarlet isn’t who you’d expect.

June 7, 2022 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

Only When I Laugh: laughter in paintings 1

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Ever noticed how stern everyone looks in paintings? Here are some exceptions from Frans Hals, Murillo, Vermeer and others.

June 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Félicien Rops: The Irreverent Symbolist 2

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Mainly concentrating on the occult and erotic, his works can be hard to read, but never disappoint in originality or execution.

February 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Félicien Rops: The Irreverent Symbolist 1

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A close friend of Charles Baudelaire during his final years, Rops was an early adopter of mixed media and always original.

February 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 8 Crayons, oil pastels, and more

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From Conté crayons to oil pastels, stick media have many advantages and are rightly popular today. Here are examples by Millet, Seurat, Redon, Schiele, Bonnard, and others.

May 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The devil you know – in paintings 2

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More Western paintings of devils, from William Blake to Cézanne and Gustave Moreau. Devils become much more human, and dangerous.

January 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Emptiness of It All: Vanitas paintings

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Curious still lifes and more containing allegories about the emptiness and futility of life on earth, and its brevity. Even seen in Cézanne and Jacek Malczewski.

November 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

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