1757-1827
British
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William Blake started writing poems as a boy, many of them inspired by religious visions. Apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, Blake learned skills that allowed him to put his poems and drawings together on etchings, and he began to publish his own work. Throughout his life he survived on small commissions, never gaining much attention from the London art world. His paintings were rejected by the public (he was called a lunatic for his imaginative work), but he had a profound influence on Romanticism as a literary movement.
Related Paintings of William Blake :. | The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta | The Fall of Man (mk22) | Los Entering the Grave | Hecate or the Three Fates | The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun | Related Artists:
PYNAS, JacobDutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1585-1650
Winslow Homer1836-1910
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Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 ?C September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art.
Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations.
John CollierEnglish Classicist Painter, 1850-1934