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Peter Jones @PeterJones40

Retired Harpsichord Polisher.

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Painting at Bedtime. Funchal, Madeira. Sir Frank Brangwyn. Brangwyn was a Welsh artist who was almost totally self-taught and he was involved in virtually any aspect of art you might care to mention, including large murals. He was probably the most famous artist of his day.
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Painting at Bedtime. The Victorian Chair. Childe Hassam. Hassam was one of the earliest and best regarded of the group of painters dubbed 'American Impressionists'. He does not seem to have been very influenced by French Impressionism despite studying in Paris.
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Painting at Bedtime. The Duet. Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. The artist was a leading light in the Naturalist school, emphasising detail without exagerration , which they said made their art different from the realist school, mainly by avoiding political or social subjects.
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Painting at Bedtime. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures.) David Hockney. Hockney was probably the UK's most prominent living artist, before dying on Thursday. He was a leading light of the pop-art movement in the 60's and made a number of paintings featuring pools. RIP
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Painting at Bedtime. Ramsgate Sands. William Powell Frith. Frith was described as a 'traditionalist' painter, he was implacably opposed to modernism in general and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in particular. He was mainly a genre painter and made a number of...1/2
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...panoramic views which enabled him to show groups of people. Ramsgate was a favourite away day destination by rail from London. Many of the figures in the painting would be instantly recognisable by Victorians with regard to social class. Queen Victoria bought this one.
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Painting at Bedtime. The Long Engagement. Arthur Hughes. This painting illustrates a real problem in Victorian England. The man is a poor curate who is paid so little that he cannot afford to marry unless he is promoted. The family of the lady will cut her off without a penny.
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Painting at Bedtime. Bedroom in Arles. Vincent van Gogh. van Gogh painted 3 versions of his bedroom in Arles, each slightly different, especially with regard to the paintings on the right side of the wall. He wanted the painting to be suggestive of sleep or rest in general.
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As an added bonus, here is pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's version called Bedroom at Arles, using contemporary decorative elements of his time.
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Painting at Bedtime. La Schiavona. Titian. I was always struck by this painting in the National Gallery in London, of an unknown woman, a 'Woman of Dalmatia'. Painted by Titian in his youth, in about 1510, he dress is slightly duller because Titian overpainted it later.
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Painting at Bedtime. Giovanna Baccelli. Thomas Gainsborough. The sitter was Principal Ballerina at the Kings Theatre. She was a very accomplished dancer, but this was overshadowed by her well known status as mistress to the Duke of Dorset, so the painting was not well received.
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Painting at Bedtime. Portrait of Sonja Knips. Gustav Klimt. Sonja Knips was an Austrian Baroness, described as a Muse and supporter of Klimt. He painted her in the Art Nouveau style. After Klimt died of Spanish Flu in 1918 she was influential in preserving his work.
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Painting at Bedtime. An Ionian Dance. Sir Edward John Poynter. Poynter was a very well known artist who served as President of the Royal Academy from 1896-1918. I think it would be fair to say that his works have gone out of fashion now, but this is very evocative and colourful
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Painting at Bedtime. Carnival. Auguste Toulmouche. Toulmouche was one of the great chroniclers of upper middle class Parisian female life. Here the lady is about to take herself to one of the two carnivals held in the city, one at Mardi Gras and one in Summer.
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Painting at Bedtime. Shepherdess and Her Flock. Charles-Emile Jaque. Jacque was a member of a group of French en plein air landscape artists known as the Barbizon School. One of the artists who influenced them outside France was John Constable, whose Hay Wain caused a sensation.
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Painting at Bedtime. Still Life With 3 Puppies. Paul Gauguin. One of the most unusual, unexpected and charming images by Post-Impressionist French painter Gauguin, best known for his paintings of Brittany and Tahiti. Influenced by Japanese wood block prints and children's books.
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Painting at Bedtime. Girl with Cherries. Eva Gonzalez. Gonzalez was a pupil, said to be the only official pupil, of Manet. I remember not being able to find many of her paintings, but I have come across many more lately. She died much too young, only a few days after Manet.
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Painting at Bedtime. The Governess. Emily Mary Osborn. In the 18th and early 19th century one of the very few jobs open to educated but penniless young women was that of a Governess. It was often a lonely and difficult job, even with just one child and reasonable employers.
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Painting at Bedtime. Lady with a Fan. Diego Velazquez. 17th century Court Painter Velazquez normally painted members of the Spanish royal family and their retainers and servants but the sitter here is not believed to be from the household and she has never been identified.
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Painting at Bedtime. Tamara in the Green Bugatti. Tamara de Lempicka. de Lempicka was born in Poland and established a reputation for painting in a very distinctive art deco style, a style which helped to define the form and the era. She had a quite adventurous life.
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