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Joe Tilson - part 4
During the 1960s Tilson became one of the leading figures associated with the British Pop Art movement. Making use of his previous experience as a carpenter and joiner, Tilson produced wooden reliefs...
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Joe Tilson - part 5
During the 1960s Tilson became one of the leading figures associated with the British Pop Art movement. Making use of his previous experience as a carpenter and joiner, Tilson produced wooden reliefs...
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Art Nouveau Covers - part 1
Art Nouveau was a movement in the visual arts popular from the early 1890s up to the First World War. It is viewed by some as the first self-conscious attempt to create a modern style. Its influence...
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Art Nouveau Covers - part 2
Art Nouveau was a movement in the visual arts popular from the early 1890s up to the First World War. It is viewed by some as the first self-conscious attempt to create a modern style. Its influence...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 1
1800c Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres by Jaques-Louis David oil on canvas 54 x 47 cm Pushkin Museum, MoscowJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 2
1804 Self-Portrait ( aged 24 ) oil on canvas 78 x 61 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly, FranceJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered himself to...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 3
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 4
1822 Self-Portrait graphite on wove paper 20.2 x 16.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 5
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 6
1835 Self-Portrait crayon on paper Musée du Louvre, ParisJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 7
1858 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 62 x 51 cm Galleria Degli Uffizi, FlorenceJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867) was a French Neoclassical artist. Although he considered himself to be a painter...
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres – part 8
1859 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA( An almost identical self-portrait to 1858 self-portrait featured in part 7 )Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 – 1867)...
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Vintage Seed Catalogues - part 1
An increased flow of exotic plants from the Middle East, South Africa and the Americas appeared in England at the end of the eighteenth century, encouraging a love of plant collecting and botany among...
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Vintage Seed Catalogues - part 2
For background information on the history of seed catalogues, and for earlier examples, see part 1 also.This is part 2 of a 3 - part post on Vintage Seed Catalogues:1894 Burpees Autumn CatalogueW....
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Vintage Seed Catalogues - part 3
For background information on the history of seed catalogues see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 and 2.This is part 3 of a 3 - part post on Vintage Seed Catalogues:1898 Rare Flowers,...
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Edward Lear - part 1
This is an introduction to a major series (21 parts) on the works of Edward Lear.1840 Edward Lear by Wilhelm Nicolai Marstrand pencil 18.2 x 11 cm © National Portrait Gallery, LondonEdward Lear (1812 -...
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Edward Lear - part 2
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he...
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Edward Lear - part 3
1862 Edward Lear by McLean, Melhuish & Haes albumen carte-de-visite 9.2 x 5.7 cm © National Portrait Gallery, LondonEdward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author...
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Edward Lear - part 4
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he...
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Edward Lear - part 5
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he...
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