Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

In 1859 he visited France & was also influenced by the critic John Ruskin. Mother of Sisera (1861) & Dancing Girl Resting (1863-4)

As the years progressed Martin’s ability for the sublime appeared to increase. His skies pound the canvases with fury! Fallen Angels in Hell (1841), Assuaging of the Waters (c1834-40), Destruction of Tyre (1840), Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still (1840) & Solitude (1843)

It’s fascinating to see a Martin blockbuster applied to the Coronation. It’s likely his royal friends were delighted but to modern eyes the doll-like figures seem strangely butterfly-like. The Deluge (1834), Manfred & Alpine Watch (1837) & The Coronation of Queen Victoria (1839)

The artist died in Bayswater in 1863, aged 77. Hands (1860), Academic Studies (nd) & Study (nd). There have been exhibitions of his work in the past but it’s clear that another one, especially of his treatment of the nude is needed.

Mulready’s work was appreciated by his Victorian audience. In 1815 he became an associate of the RA & full member in 1816. That latter year he was awarded the Legion of Honour by France. The Village Buffoon (1816), The Fight Interrupted (1816) & The Sleeping Shepherd (1828)

Initially he painted landscapes before, as his reputation grew, he turned to genre by 1808. His first works were shown at the 1804 RA exhibition. Suffolk Landscape (c1810), John Varley (1814) & Horses (1816). Varley was his brother-in-law.

Leighton is now recognised for his majestic & elegant works which are the cultural motif of the then British Empire. Yet beneath his triumphal genius lurked the dangerous secret of his sexuality. It is in that conflict his greatest works are found

One of his ways to relax was to create landscape sketches in oils. Their immediacy & truth to nature lend them an authenticity that is missing from his more finished set-pieces. Death of Leander (1887), Captive Andromache (1888), Clytie (1890-2) & View in Bedfordshire (c1890)

Leighton was aware of the danger of being seen as gay, his fellow artist & friend Simeon Solomon had had his life destroyed after being arrested for homosexual acts. Thus Leighton’s work is repressed. Self-Portrait (1880), The Dance (detail, c1881-3), Idyll (1881) & Wedded (1882)

Leighton’s oil-sketches are amongst his finest works demonstrating an artist capable of capturing mood & light. Music Lesson (1877), Elijah in the Wilderness (1878), Winding the Skein (1878) & Palazzo Rezzonico (c1880)