Most recent update: 12th January 2026 This is a post about bathers and bathing in pictures. Jules SCALBERT ( 1851
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Category: painting
Vincent Van Gogh in Saint Remy de Provence
Tired of Paris and its cold, northern climate, his mental and physical health deteriorating, the painter Vincent Van Gogh moved
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The Painter Chaïm Soutine
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) is considered one of the leading expressionists of the so-called School of Paris – a central figure
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Captain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England
Originally published on the 22nd October 2013. Introduction In 1613 Captain John Saris brought back to England some “pictures” from
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Head of a Woman: Picasso’s interpretations of Fernande Olivier
Edited on the 4th September 2024. Originally published on 22nd April 2013. During a visit to Chicago in 2013, I
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Takashi Murakami: Mr Superflat in Palazzo Grassi, Venice
During a 2011 trip to Venice , I visited Palazzo Grassi’s exhibition “The World belongs to you” where I saw
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Harakiri School Girls: by Makoto Aida
“It is spirit, not painting” Makoto Aida Makoto Aida’s work “Harakiri School Girls” is a composition that recurs in the
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Woman Combing/Braiding/Arranging/Caressing her Hair
Originally published in 2009. Revised on 27 May 2025. This is a post about pictures depicting a woman / women
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Madonna and Child paintings by Botticelli and Raphael in Berlin
This post is about Madonna and Child paintings by Raphael and Botticelli in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. Raphael, Madonna with Child, St.
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Edward Hopper: The “Martha McKeen” of Wellfleet, 1944
Edward Hopper is one of my favourite painters. This is a post about Hopper’s painting of a sailing boat. I
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