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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

Alchemy: 9 – Turner and tubes

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Turner’s innovation was driven by his desire to explore colour contrasts and texture. But it led him to lapses in technique which have damaged his paintings.

September 5, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

A painter’s journey by train

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Railways and painting have been intertwined since 1844. Turner, Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others show how.

June 21, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Between Turner and the 20th century: Alfred William Hunt

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He painted some of the most wonderful landscapes of the nineteenth century, but today is almost forgotten.

April 19, 2016 General, Painting

Brief Candles: Thomas Girtin part 2

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In the last couple of years of his brief life, his watercolours changed, and pushed the boundaries, for others to follow.

April 17, 2016 General, Painting

Brief Candles: Thomas Girtin part 1

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In a fraction of the lifespan enjoyed by JMW Turner, Tom Girtin took watercolour to new heights. The first of two parts showing his work.

April 16, 2016 General, Painting

Brief Candles: Richard Parkes Bonington, part 2

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His visit to Italy resulted in some of the finest paintings of Venice, several completed shortly before his untimely death.

April 4, 2016 General, Painting

Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 6 The bigger picture

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Putting some of Homer’s best watercolours together to tell the story of the fisherfolk of Cullercoats – the last in this series.

March 2, 2016 General, Painting

Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 5 Puzzles and achievements

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Initial reception to his paintings from Cullercoats was lukewarm at best, and most critics were dismissive.

March 1, 2016 General, Painting

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