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Sargent

Goddesses of the Week: the Hesperides

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Three to seven sisters who guard Hera’s golden apples in a land ‘to the west’, painted by Burne-Jones, Leighton, Turner, Sargent, and more.

May 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1919: War and Work

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John Singer Sargent’s ‘Gassed’ was probably the most important painting of the year, but wasn’t the only memorial to the millions who died.

December 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

There’s no smoke without painting 2

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Smoke in paintings by Poussin, Millet, Homer, Sargent, Waterhouse, Rossetti, and others with more subtle meanings about wind, magic, and gambling.

November 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: John Singer Sargent ‘Simplon Pass: The Tease’

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It’s just water, pigment, a little binder and paper. What’s so difficult in painting a brilliant watercolour? Sargent shows us how to do it.

September 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Getting the Point: Reading hands in paintings

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Pointing and gesturing in a selection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Corot, Poussin, Gérôme, John Singer Sargent and others.

August 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Sorolla’s Naturalist paintings 2: Science and the sea

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In the late 1890s, Sorolla painted two works showing the new science and technology of medical histology, and more scenes on the beach.

July 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Arteries of Industry: paintings of canals 2

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Canals from Sisley at the end of the 19th century, and paintings of Venice by Canaletto, Rico, and of course John Singer Sargent.

June 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 13 Paper and cardboard

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Good for watercolour and pastels alone? Paper and cardboard have also been used extensively for oil sketches, and more.

June 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 12 Stretched canvas

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First popularised for use with glue tempera, ‘canvas’ quickly developed into the first choice for oils. In Venice, canvases as large as tennis courts were used by Veronese and Tintoretto.

June 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 6 Oils

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Since the decline of egg tempera and fresco in the Renaissance, oil paints have predominated. They rely on drying oils as their binder, which give them longevity and versatility.

April 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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