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Turner

A weekend on the River Thames in paintings: 1 Maidenhead to Battersea

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A river cruise starting with JMW Turner at Maidenhead in the Berkshire countryside, and ending with Whistler at Battersea Bridge.

September 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the fruitfulness of Autumn/Fall 2

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From Nabi women climbing stepladders to gathering plums in baskets, with a visit to the garden of the Hesperides, and ending in the garden of Eden.

September 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

From horseback to aircraft: painting the revolution in transport 1

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Moving around changed greatly in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the advent of canals, steam ships and trains, hot air balloons, and the bicycle.

August 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Shipwrecks in paintings 1

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Travel by sea was hazardous. Here are paintings of shipwrecks from Tintoretto to the early 19th century, as an introduction to The Tempest.

July 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Gorgeous Landscapes 1: Wolf to Cole

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Declared sublime, and named after the throat, they’re painted from the mid-18th century. Works by Wolf, Turner, Ward, German Romantics and more.

June 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Light-dark 2: Chiaroscuro in paintings after 1700

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Examples from Wright of Derby, Turner, Millet, van Gogh, Bonnard and others. But how many used the monochrome of scotopic vision?

April 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 14 Back to alchemy

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Joshua Reynolds, who aspired to paint like Rembrandt; JMW Turner who explored colour contrasts and texture; Edgar Degas, who dried his oils before painting.

March 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A cavalcade of colour: 1 yellow to blue

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A trip round the painter’s palette, with outstanding examples of well-known colours in use. Starts with yellow, then to red and finally to blue.

March 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 3 Enlightenment

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A few artists made science and technology significant themes in their paintings. Joseph Wright of Derby was among them, thanks to his friend Peter Burdett.

January 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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