LOUIS ASTON KNIGHT

"A Flower Garden"  (1885)

No.18

Louis Aston Knight  1873-1948 was a French-born American artist who was famous as a landscape painter. One of his paintings "The Afterglow" was bought by US President Harding to hang in the White House.

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REMBRANDT

A Woman bathing in a Stream  (1654)

No.17

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 1606-69, a Dutch painter and etcher, is reckoned to have been one the best painters in European art. Among his paintings, The Night Watch, The Anatomy Lesson, The Jewish Bride and his many self-portraits stand out.

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PAUL DELAROCHE

King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London  (1831)

No.16

Delaroche 1797-1856 was a French academic school artist who painted mainly historical subjects. Edward V was never crowned, and his 86-day reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle who succeeded him as Richard III. Edward and his younger brother disappeared after being sent to heavily guarded royal lodgings in the Tower of London. Responsibility for their deaths is widely attributed to Richard III, but the lack of any solid evidence and conflicting contemporary accounts suggest another four main suspects.

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CAMILLE PISSARRO

The Road to Versailles at Louveciennes  (1869)

No.15

Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro 1830-1903, a French painter, was born in the island of St Thomas in the West Indies. He was one of the elder outstanding Impressionists. In 1873 he established a collective of 15 artists and the next year they held their first exhibition.

Tomorrow - King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London, by Paul Delaroche

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JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD

The Reader  (1770/2)

No.14

Fragonard 1775-1851 was a French painter and printmaker. This is one in a series of his paintings which feature young girls. X-rays have shown a different image which the artist has painted over.

Tomorrow - The Road to Versailles at Louveciennes, by Camille Pissaro

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J.M.W. TURNER

Dutch Boats in a Gale  (1801)

No.13

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 was a British Romantic landscape painter. The above shows boats about to collide in stormy weather. The painting was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater as a companion piece to a 17th century seascape in his possession. 

Tomorrow - The Reader, by Jean-Honore Fragonard

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PAUL CEZANNE

Still Life with a Basket of Apples  (1890/4)

No.12

Paul Cezanne 1839-1906 was a French artist whose work is said to have formed a bridge between the late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century Cubism. According to both Matisse and Picasso,

Cezanne was "the father of us all."

Tomorrow - Dutch Boats in a Gale, by J.M.W. Turner

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WILLIAM DYCE

Omnia Vanitas  (1848)  

No.11

William Dyce 1806-64 was a Scottish painter who played an important part in the formation of public art education in Britain. He was also a competent musician as an organist and a composer.

Tomorrow - Still Life with a Basket of Apples, by Paul Cezanne

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PIETER BRUEGEL the Elder

The Peasant Wedding

No.10

Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel} 1525-69 was a Flemish Renaissance painter who was famous for his peasant scenes. He became known as Bruegel the Peasant because of his habit of dressing as a peasant in order to attend peasant weddings and other social occasions where he would find ideas for his paintings.

Tomorrow - Omnia Vanitas, by William Dyce

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EDWARD ARTHUR WALTON

Autumn Sunshine

No.9

E. A. Walton 1860-1922, one of 12 children, was a Scottish painter of landscapes and portraits. He studied at Dusseldorf, then at the Glasgow School of Art and became part of the famous Glasgow Boys.

Tomorrow - The Peasant Wedding, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder 

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GUY ROSE

By the Fireside (1910)

No.8

Guy Orlando Rose 1867-1925 was one of California's top impressionist painters. When he was a young boy, he was accidentally shot in the face during a hunting trip with his brothers. It was during his recuperation that he began to sketch and use watercolours.

Tomorrow - Autumn Sunshine, by Edward Arthur Walton 

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CANALETTO

Rio dei Mendicanti  (1724)

No.7

Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, better known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter of Venetian landscapes. The origin of the medicanti hospital dates back to the 13th century when there were many leprosy sufferers needing help. The title of the painting means the channel of the beggars.

Tomorrow - By the Fireside, by Guy Rose

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FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON

Flaming June (1895)

No.6

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton was a British painter and sculptor whose works depict historical and classical subjects. Today's painting is reckoned to be his finest. The model may be either Dorothy Dene or Marie Lloyd, actresses who frequently posed for the Pre-Raphaelite artists.

Tomorrow - Rio dei Mendicanti, by Canaletto

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JOHN BRETT

Val d'Aosta (1858)

No.5

John Brett 1831-1902 was a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. It was John Ruskin the art critic who persuaded him to go to Italy and paint the Val d'Aosta; today's painting was the result and Ruskin was so pleased with the result that he bought it.

Tomorrow - Flaming June, by Frederic Leighton

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JOHANNES VERMEER

The Milkmaid  (c.1660)

No.4

In the literature and paintings of Vermeer's time, maids were often depicted as subjects of male desire - dangerous women who threatened the honour and security of the home. In the above painting however, the artist has treated his subject in a sympathetic and dignified way.

Tomorrow - Val D'Aosta, by John Brett

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FREDERIC EDWIN CHURCH

River of Light  (1877)

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No.3

F. E. Church 1826-1900 the American landscape painter was an important figure among the Hudson River School of painters. He took two trips to South America and while in Ecuador produced four great landscapes.

Tomorrow - The Milkmaid, by Jan Vermeer

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LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA

Unconscious Rivals

No.2

Alma-Tadema 1836-1912

Born in Holland, he settled in England in 1870 where he became famous as a painter of scenes of classical antiquity featuring beautiful women in wonderful marbled interiors or outdoors in gorgeous Mediterranean-like settings.

 Tomorrow - The River of Light, by Frederic Edwin Church

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VINCENT VAN GOGH

The Potato Eaters (1885)

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No.1

Vincent Willem Van Gogh 1853-90 had at one time a serious ambition to be a great painter of peasant life, and he spent many hours in the company of miners, farmers and weavers. Referring to this painting he wrote to his brother Theo: 

I have tried to emphasise that these people eating their potatoes in the lamplight have dug the earth with those very hands they put in the dish, and so it speaks of manual labour, and how they have honestly earned their food.

Tomorrow - Unconscious Rivals, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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