In the hands, and brushes, of great artists, a religious set-piece becomes a succession of marvellous and highly innovative paintings.
van de Velde
Racing sandyachts 500 years ago, Punch and Judy shows, the painter who inspired Pissarro, and a firing squad: not what you’d expect on the beach.
Christmas holiday was one of the few occasions that brought people out of the warm to outdoor fairs and festivals.
Some of the finest landscapes from the Golden Age, and a mystery which was long assumed to be a self-portrait. An influence on Boudin, hence Monet.
The Eclectic Light Company 