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Barbizon, the road to Impressionism 2

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From 1853, painters of the Barbizon School continued to innovate. Then in 1865, the young Alfred Sisley and Auguste Renoir came to paint there.

April 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Barbizon, the road to Impressionism 1

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When Constable’s ‘Hay Wain’ won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1824, it inspired the foundation of the Barbizon School, and led to Impressionism.

April 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A short history of animal painting 2

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From Troyon’s farm animals going to market, through Queen Victoria’s favourite artist, African elephants in the wild, to monkeys, and cattle in the sunshine.

March 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Complete Angler in paintings 2

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More anglers caught with their rods and lines in paintings by Troyon, Corot, Hodler, Carl Larsson and a surprise catch from Tom Thomson.

February 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Down on the farm: paintings of farmyards 1

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Farmyards crowded with people and their animals, from Paulus Potter to some less well-known Impressionists such as Henri Rouart.

May 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

On the road: Itinerants and travellers in paintings 1

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Bosch’s two wayfarers, Courbet’s Stone Breakers, and wonderful paintings by Brett, Troyon and Ford Madox Brown show those who lived on the road.

October 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Faithful Friends: Dogs in paintings

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Loyal to their master or mistress, often to the point of self-sacrifice. Paintings by Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez, Courbet and Bonnard.

February 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Corydon: 2 Shepherds from staffage to social symbol

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From being staffage in landscapes, shepherds and their flocks became motifs in their own right, with the social realist of Millet, even Henri Regnault.

April 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Introduction to a new series on landscape painting

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Where land, sea, and sky meet. Sought-after and hugely popular in fine weather, the forces of nature are most obvious in storms. The cradle of Impressionism and more modern painting.

August 2, 2017 General, Painting

Jean-François Millet: Ploughing a lonely furrow 1837-1852

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Initially a portrait and history painter, he co-founded the Barbizon School in the late 1840s, turning to evocative scenes of poor country people.

April 18, 2017 General, Painting

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