J.M.W Turner and the Vaughan Bequest Henry Vaughan was a prominent and philanthropic Victorian art collector, having inherited a substantial fortune from his father, a wealthy hat maker. His encounter with JMW Turner in the 1840s spurred his passion for the artist’s drawings and watercolors, resulting in an extensive collection that spanned Turner’s entire career.Continue reading “Conserving the Watercolours of J.M.W. Turner”
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The Death of Leonardo da Vinci by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci On May 2, 1519, the world marked the passing of the great polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Three hundred years later in 1818, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres paid tribute to this event through his reimagined painting “The Death of Leonardo da Vinci” , also known as Francis I Receives the Last BreathsContinue reading “The Death of Leonardo da Vinci by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres”
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne
It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas. Paul Cézanne The Card Players by Paul Cézanne The Card Players is a renowned series of oil paintings created by the influential French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. These remarkable works were produced during Cézanne’s culminating period in the early 1890s,Continue reading “The Card Players by Paul Cézanne”
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