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Thomas Cooper Gotch. Part 2.
Thomas Cooper Gotch Sometime in 1878 their reading group, set up by Thomas Gotch, had a new member. Her name was Caroline Burland Yates. Caroline was one of three sisters born to Esther Burland and...
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Thomas Cooper Gotch. Part 3.
Although returning to live in Newlyn was tempting Thomas decided on another course of action and took his wife on the long voyage to Australia on the fully rigged sailing passenger clipper, Torrens.,...
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Alice Ravenel Huger Smith
Self Portrait (1908) At the turn of the twentieth century, the South Carolina city of Charleston was a shadow of its former glory. Charleston had historically nurtured a celebrated art and...
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Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky. Part 1. School Days
Self portrait by Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (1915) Today I am talking about Nikolai Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky, who was one of the great nineteenth century Russian painters. The visual...
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Nickolai Patrovich Bogdanov-Belsky. Part 2.
The Peredvizhniki of 1886 Seating from left to right: Sergei Nikolajewitsch Ammosow; Aleksandr Aleksandrowitsch Kisselew; Nikolai Wassilijewitsch Newrew; Wladimir Jegorowitsch Makowski; Aleksandr...
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Paul Sérusier.
The paintings by today’s artist are highly colourful and whose early works showcased the people and landscapes of Brittany. His works have a strong resemblance to paintings by Paul Gaugin and as you...
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Natalie Papamichael. Part 1.
Natalie Papamichael in her studio I have told you on a few occasions that I tend to write about artists who have passed away and steer clear of living artists as they may take offence about what I...
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