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Rhys Terfel Talog: the April Fool

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Time to fess up: not a word of it was true. I hope you enjoyed my April Fool. Here are the correct details for those wonderful paintings.

April 2, 2021 General, Life, Painting

James Ward: between Constable and Turner, 3

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His second vast canvas almost brings him to financial and artistic failure, but he recovers.

September 15, 2016 General, Painting

James Ward: between Constable and Turner, 2

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Full membership of the Royal Academy, a gigantic landscape of the sublime, and several important commissions: the peak of his career.

September 14, 2016 General, Painting

James Ward: between Constable and Turner, 1

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One of the major figures in British painting in the first half of the 1800s, but usually ignored today. His oil sketches are exceptional.

September 13, 2016 General, Painting

Into the Light: Rosa Bonheur, animalière extraordinaire

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A precocious painter who became more famous in Britain than in her native France, she liked painting powerful animals like oxen and lions.

September 9, 2016 General, Painting

Constant Troyon: landscapes with animals

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It wasn’t until later in his career that he discovered his formula for success: putting farm animals into his landscapes.

September 3, 2016 General, Painting

Huw Wystan Jones: the April Fool

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An explanation and apology for yesterday’s April foolery: and the paintings correctly attributed.

April 2, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting

Happy New Year

Is next (Chinese New) year the Year of the Sheep or Goat?

February 16, 2015 General, Language, Life
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