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Blake, William
William Blake was an English poet, painter was born November 28, 1757, in London
William Blake started writing poems as a boy, many of them inspired by religious visions. Apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, Blake learned skills that allowed him to put his poems and drawings together on etchings, and he began to publish his own work. Throughout his life he survived on small commissions, never gaining much attention from the London art world. His paintings were rejected by the public
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Painting ID:: 10785
Glad Day
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Painting ID:: 10786
Dante and Virgil at the Gates of Hell
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Painting ID:: 10787
Whirlwind of Lovers
Birmingham Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 10788
The Marriage of Heaven Hell
1790-93, private collection
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Painting ID:: 10789
God as an Architect
illustration from The Ancient of Days, 1794
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Blake, William
William Blake was an English poet, painter was born November 28, 1757, in London
William Blake started writing poems as a boy, many of them inspired by religious visions. Apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, Blake learned skills that allowed him to put his poems and drawings together on etchings, and he began to publish his own work. Throughout his life he survived on small commissions, never gaining much attention from the London art world. His paintings were rejected by the public
. Related Artists to Blake, William: | Thomas Daniell | Karl Kaspar Pitz | Wouterus Verschuur | Anna Bacherini Piattoli | William Huggins |
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