More paintings from Louis Janmot’s epic Poem of the Soul, Walter Crane’s concise Bridge of Life, and a selection from Edvard Munch’s second Frieze of Life, exhibited in 1902.
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Series of paintings showing the journey of life are unusual. Here are excerpts from Poussin’s Seven Sacraments, Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life, and the start of Louis Janmot’s 34-image epic.
From Ovid’s Metamorphoses to Goethe’s Faust, here are eight classic works of literature accompanied by superb paintings and illustrations. All free.
Twenty-five superb Impressionist canvases surrounded by myths about their creation. Here’s something closer to the truth.
After his greatest human panorama showing Paddington railway station, he painted two moralising series, similar to those of Hogarth.
His love of rhythm and symmetry became clear in his figurative and landscape paintings, and attained international success at last.
His Symbolism or Parallelism continued to develop in figurative works, whilst his landscape included breathtaking views over Lake Geneva, and in the Bernese Alps.
Fascinating paintings showing his transition from realism to Symbolism, emphasising symmetry and rhythm in society.
An overview, comments on its narrative nature, and indexes to the previous articles about the Frieze.
Last of the four sections in the Frieze, it consists almost entirely of paintings added since the first version. These show episodes from Munch’s own life.
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