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Waterhouse

There’s no smoke without painting 2

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Smoke in paintings by Poussin, Millet, Homer, Sargent, Waterhouse, Rossetti, and others with more subtle meanings about wind, magic, and gambling.

November 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Death on the Wing: Crows and ravens in paintings 2

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From Böcklin and Waterhouse to Vincent van Gogh and Egon Schiele, many 19th century artists used crows as a symbol.

November 3, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Is there a Willow? Paintings of Ophelia from 1890

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As narrative painting went into decline, Ophelia became even more popular. From Henrietta Rae through sub-aqua views to Waterhouse’s obsession.

August 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory 8 Matelda, Beatrice in her chariot

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Some of the finest paintings of all Dante’s work: Waterhouse, William Blake and others show the arrival of Beatrice in her chariot.

July 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Intangible: The non-visual cast as a figure

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Greece, France, death, day, night and more painted by Delacroix, Waterhouse, Watts, Gérôme, Malczewski, ER Hughes, and more.

July 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Floral Spring 2

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References to Botticelli’s Primavera and Poussin by Tiepolo, and in the late 19th century: Flora and the Spring.

April 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Annunciation, old and new

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From Jan van Eyck’s trompe l’oeil, through Tanner’s fiery cross, to the modern young Polish woman of Jacek Malczewski.

December 24, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The Decameron: Temptation of a faithful wife

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One rich gent falls in love with another rich gent’s wife, but she isn’t interested in him. She comes up with a ploy to be rid of his attentions, which backfires, but ends up in two glorious paintings.

December 14, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Ondine and her curse

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Invented by the alchemist Paracelsus, these water nymphs became popular in the 19th century with prose poems and a novella. Here they are in paint, by Turner, Waterhouse, Gauguin, Schiele, and others.

October 28, 2018 General, Life, Painting

River Gods and Nymphs

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A common convention in paintings of classical myth, the river god was a bearded old man with a put pouring forth water, often seen with a Naiad, his daughter.

October 27, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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