KathleenDuffy

aka Kathleen Duffy from London, United Kingdom (80 years). Wizzley author for 11 years. 100%

Life-long learner, art-lover, voracious reader, doting grandma, love to write.

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J M W Turner and Goethe's Theory of Light and Colour

The artist, J M W Turner, was fascinated by the science of light and colour. The theories of Geothe and Newton resulted in one of his most innovative images.

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Pan Yuliang - Female Chinese Artist in Paris

Sold to a brothel in Shanghai at age fourteen, Pan Yuliang nevertheless managed through fate, fortitude and sheer courage, to reach Paris and become an artist.

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Brief Life of Sybil Andrews, Modernist Linocut Printmaker

Sybil Andrews used painting and linocut printmaking to combine pastoral life with the dynamism of modernity. Futurism, Cubism and Vorticism were her major influences.

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Giambologna's Sculpture 'Samson and a Philistine ' at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Giambologna's 'Samson and a Philistine' is the most emotionally dramatic and important scupture in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Medieval and Renaissance Galleries

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Pierre Adolphe Valette (1876-1942), French Impressionist Painter in Manchester

After years in obscurity Pierre Adolphe Valette is now recognised for his unique contribution to British art. But what was a French Impressionist doing in Manchester?

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Beautiful Postcards in a Box

Who says the art of letter-writing is dead? These beautiful boxes of postcards prove that hand-written messages have never really gone away!

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The Crystal Palace - Victorian Engineering Triumph

The Crystal Palace, built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, is going to be rebuilt in South London. But can it come up to the standards of the original?

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John Martin - Victorian Painter and Printmaker of the Sublime

Inspired by the turbulent times of the Industrial Revolution John Martin was famous for his vast canvases showing humanity dwarfed by the awesome power of wild nature.

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Paul Gauguin - 'The Vision After the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with an Angel'

'The Vision After the Sermon:Jacob Wrestling with the Angel' was Gauguin's first masterpiece. This Symbolist work broke free of the realist tradition in art.

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Miners in Art and Pitmen Painters

The working miner as artistic subject is uncommon. Arguably, only miners themselves have given an authentic artistic portrayal of miners at the coal face and in their daily lives.

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L S Lowry - Painter of a Lost Industrial North of England

The first major exhibition of landscapes by L S Lowry since his death in 1976, took place in the summer of 2013 at London’s Tate Britain Gallery.

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Art Galleries & Museums

Visit The Marianne North Gallery - Victorian Flower Painter at Kew Gardens

A restored gallery at Kew Gardens is now permanently devoted to the stunning botanical illustrations of intrepid Victorian traveller and artist, Marianne North

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Rachel Ruysch, Still Life Flower Painter of the Dutch Golden Age

Rachel Ruysch, along with van Huysum, created some othe most celebrated still life flower paintings to emerge from the Dutch Golden Age of painting.

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Camille Pissarro - A French Impressionist Paints the London Suburbs

Camille Pissarro was unique amongst French Impressionists who lived in London. He painted London's suburbs, leaving an artistic record of England's expanding capital city.

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Beautiful Secret Book Boxes to Hide Your Precious Things

Everybody needs a secret place to hide precious personal items. If you love books then a Secret Book Box will hide your trinkets, jewelry, love letters, etc. beautifully.

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A Brief Life of Atkinson Grimshaw - The Man Who Loved Moonlight

Atkinson Grimshaw is remembered for his nostalgic moonlit cityscapes. His works represent contradictions between Victorian industrialisation and a Romantic longing for times past.

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See 'The Glasgow Boys' Paintings at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow

Fans of naturalist painters, The Glasgow Boys, can see their work at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow where there is now a permanent gallery devoted to their pioneering work.

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Book Review: The Art of Dora Carrington by Jane Hill

Dora Carrington is now recognised as a significant British painter. This excellent book examines Carrington's life and features many examples of her varied output.

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