Cats in Art - part 9
Concluding a look at art that has featured cats in one way or another, either as the subject of the work, or as an adjunct to it.They say you’re either a ‘dog person’ or a ‘cat person.’ I’ve always...
View ArticleBelle Époque - part 1
1882 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet oil on canvas 96 x 130 cm Courtauld Gallery, LondonThe Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the...
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Au Joyeux Moulin Rouge poster by Alfred ChoubracThe Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
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The Belle Époque (the Beautiful Period) in France is conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was a period characterised by...
View ArticleSamuel Palmer - part 1
Self-PortraitSamuel Palmer (1805– 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.Palmer’s father, a bookseller, encouraged him to become a painter. By 1819...
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1830 Samuel Palmer by George Richmond graphite on beige wove paper 35.2 x 25.7 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CTSamuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary...
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1830 Samuel Palmer by George Richmond pen and brown ink on paper 18.1 x 11.4 cm Yale Centre for British Ar, New Haven, CTSamuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes...
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1849 Samuel Palmer by Henry WalterSamuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.This is part 4 of a 5 - part series on the works of...
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Samuel Palmer by John LinnellSamuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.This is part 5 of a 5 - part series on the works of...
View ArticleAmerican Folk Art - part 1
1800s Shadow Box Depicting a Bearded Man Reading13.3 x 13.3 x 4.4 cmThis is a beginning major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and...
View ArticleAmerican Folk Art - part 2: Samplers
Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally...
View ArticleAmerican Folk Art - part 3
Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally...
View ArticleAmerican Folk Art - part 4 - Frakturs
Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally...
View ArticleAmerican Folk Art - part 5
Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally...
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