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A Weekend in Wales: paintings 1

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Paintings by Richard Wilson, John Sell Cotman, James Ward, Samuel Palmer, Hans Gude and others showing the landscapes of Wales.

December 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: William Hodges with Captain Cook

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Pupil of Richard Wilson, one of the fathers of British landscape painting, he accompanied Captain Cook on his second exploratory voyage to the Pacific.

June 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

British landscape painting before Turner: the 18th century

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Gainsborough, Richard Wilson, Alexander Cozens, Thomas Jones, George Morland – establishing landscape painting in the 18th century.

April 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Gloves in paintings: 1 Meaning

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Like eyes and the rest of the face, hands are most usually seen uncovered in figurative paintings. These paintings show gloved hands which have special purposes and meaning.

March 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting within Tent: Penguins by Edward Adrian Wilson

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He went to the Antarctic twice with Scott, where he sketched, painted landscapes in watercolour, and made fine illustrations of penguins.

January 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Persephone (Proserpine)

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How her abduction by Hades to the underworld brought the seasons. Paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Rossetti, and others.

November 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Benjamin West and Modern History 1

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A Pennsylvanian, he wanted to be a great history painter. When returning from a visit to Italy, he stopped off in London, and stayed there almost 60 years.

February 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Rolling Thunder: stories of storms

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Every lightning bolt tells a story, with paintings by Rubens, Richard Wilson, Poussin, John Martin, Adam Elsheimer, William Blake, and more.

June 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 20b Cicero

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The best orator of Rome, and a great poet and writer. He became caught up in the struggle between Caesar and Pompey, and eventually fell foul of Antony. Great paintings too.

October 29, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 1

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From very humble beginnings in the British colonies in America, he rose to become a leading history painter, friend and painter to the King, and President of the Royal Academy. How?

November 14, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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