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Full Steam Ahead: 3 Everyday life

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In the last quarter of the 19th century, steam trains and ships moved artists around, playing an important role in introducing masters to the south of France.

February 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Aerial Perspective in paintings: 2 Development and rejection

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Its peak with Bonington, Friedrich, Corot and others. Decline in Impressionism to deliberate omission in ‘primitives’ such as Cézanne and Astrup.

November 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 9: A brief history

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The story of landscape paintings which are dominated by the sky, from the Dutch Golden Age to Surrealism.

September 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Swirling Strokes of Gaetano Previati (Symbolist painting)

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Recognised as the first Italian Symbolist, he was introduced to Divisionism by a patron and art critic. Magnificent paintings.

September 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 8: Post-Impressionism

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Paintings of the sky by Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Klimt, Cézanne, Schiele, Paul Nash and others.

September 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The cypress tree in paintings 2

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More paintings of cypresses by Vincent van Gogh, Renoir, Modigliani, and Gustav Klimt.

August 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The cypress tree in paintings 1

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In the more southern parts of Europe, the tree most strongly associated with churchyards and graveyards, representing grief.

August 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Silk and canvas: Japan and Europe in painting 1

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From about 1550-1680, European painting influenced that in Japan. During 200 years of later isolation, Westernisation continued more slowly.

July 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

River power: Paintings of watermills 2

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More wonderful landscapes from JC Dahl, Albert Bierstadt, Samuel Palmer, Vincent van Gogh to the remote Norwegian fjords of Nikolai Astrup.

May 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Mother and baby in paintings 2

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Features paintings by Carl Larsson, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, Lovis Corinth, and others.

May 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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