Dose of Art #147: Joshua Reynolds – The Archers (1769)
When asked to make a double portrait of Lord Sydney (on the left) and Colonel John Dyke Acland (on the […]
British Art
Dose of Art #121: John William Waterhouse – The Lady of Shalott (1888)
Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poetry has inspired many artists. Among them, John William Waterhouse whose most famous painting in this one. […]
Dose of Art #98: Herbert Draper – The Lament of Icarus (c. 1898)
Mythology has always been a popular subject for painters (and their buyers), but for some reason, there are only a […]
Dose of Art #85: Edward Burne-Jones – The Beguiling of Merlin (c. 1872-1877)
Not mythology but the Arthurian legend inspired Burne-Jones for this painting. The sorcerer Merlin was so in love with The […]
Dose of Art #44: John Everett Millais – Ophelia (1852)
Poor Ophelia, her love for the Danish prince Hamlet is not returned; “Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou […]
Dose of Art #42: William Blake – Newton (1795)
You would think a monotype depicting Newton and made at the end of the Enlightenment is a celebration of scientific […]
Dose of Art #39: Joseph Mallord William Turner – The Dort (1818)
Even in this early work by Turner, you can see his love of light and colours which will become so […]
Dose of Art #29: Clarkson Stanfield – Mount Saint Michael (1830)
The dramatic lighting focuses both on the shipwreck in the front (a popular theme in 19th-century marine paintings) and Mount […]
Daily Dose of Art #19: Joseph Wright of Derby – An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768)
A natural philosopher, the forerunner of the modern scientist, recreates one of Robert Boyle’s air pump experiments, in which a […]