The Veneto – the land of the old Venetian Republic. I was here five years ago studying History of Art with the University of Warwick. As well as studying in Venice we looked at the art of Padua, Verona and Vicenza. It was in Vicenza that we spent time with the Palladian architecture, which the…
Category: Painting of the Month
Jan Van Eyk’s Madonna with Joris Van Der Paele in Bruges
The Groeningemuseum is not to be found on the main tourist itineraries in Bruges but well worth the visit. It is a small collection mainly of art from this part of Flemish Belgium set in nine galleries. These rooms take you from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century. I must admit, however, to having concentrated…
The Deluge – My February Painting of the Month
Storms and tempests have always attracted artists with their visions of romanticism and apocalypse. Looking out of my window this wet stormy morning has inspired me to mark the occasion. So my February Painting of the Month is the award winning oil painting by Winifred Knights (1899-1947) entitled The Deluge. The Deluge with its limited palette, angular…
Happy New Year from the White Box Art Channel
Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous and peaceful New Year for 2024. I have changed my header image for this evocative digital image by Robbie Shade of the place to be for Hogmanay – Edinburgh. It is pouring down with rain where we are on the Dorset coast as it has been for most of 2023….
Fra. Angelico, The Annunciation and Happy Christmas Everyone
… and here’s hoping for a peaceful New Year. My December Painting of the Month takes me further back than Christmas and the Nativity to a time when a reluctant young hero accepted what was her duty without fully realising the significance. Oh for such faith and hope! It also takes me back to a…
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