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Landscape with Rainbow, Henley-on-Thames by Jan Siberechts

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August 24, 201817th Century Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

(3 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

One of the most important early landscapes in the Tate’s collection, this view of Henley-on-Thames is one of several the artist made of the subject, the last dated picture being painted in 1698. Such realistic representations of landscape were not prevalent among British artists, and Siberechts’s skilful use of light and shadow and meticulous attention to detail reflect his Flemish background. His depiction is not entirely accurate – the view is embellished and the perspective distorted – but it has an appearance of realism and shows recognisable features. The church on the right of the picture still stands.

Arctic Sunset with Rainbow by William Bradford

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January 4, 2018Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Boat, Rainbow, River, Sunset

The Puszta by Karoly, the Elder Marko

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May 20, 2017Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Italian Landscape with Viaduct and Rainbow by Karoly, the Elder Marko

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April 20, 2017WesternNo comments

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Bridge, Child, Italian, Rainbow, Woman

Joan of Arc by Annie Swynnerton

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January 19, 2014Portrait Painting WesternNo comments

(1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)

Annie Swynnerton is a well-remembered name among art lovers irrespective of their backgrounds. Whether you are rich, poor, industrious, lazy, Socialist or a right wing, appreciating the suffragette’s works is unavoidable because they make the presence of character and individual strength quite evident despite your possible willingness to accept that Swynnerton may have renounced God. While Joan of Arc believed in God to an extent Swynnerton may have found ridiculous or even laughable, the fact remains that Swynnerton’s works has seen the addition of a new character in the old line up of inspiring women. Remember that in other works, where she has painted male portraits, the subjects are either too old or too young to fit the description of the classical hero that pervaded the Renaissance art movements. Annie Swynnerton seems to be more leniently […]