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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

Visual Riddles: Puzzles for the people

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Besieged with inquiries from people who couldn’t sleep, Yeames judged a contest to explain his painting. It was clear that even he didn’t know the answer.

September 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Reality: 7 Decline

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A lot changed in painting in the 1890s. Within just a few years, Naturalism went from being all the rage to old hat. These paintings show how.

January 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 1 Faust meets the black dog

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Mephistopheles (the devil) makes a bet with the Lord that he can lead his faithful servant Faust astray. Faust has grown weary of scholarship, and is looking for something better.

January 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting

All Out! Paintings of strikes

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Some superb and very different paintings of industrial unrest, an important subject for the Naturalist painters of the late 19th century.

April 17, 2018 General, Life, Painting
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