Artist. Born in Verona as Paolo Caliari (he took his professional name from his birthplace). He trained as a stone-cutter, but under the influence of Titian settled in Venice. He produced frescoes for the Doge's palace. His most famous paintings concentrate on rich costumes set against sumptuous architectural settings.
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Paolo Veronese
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public ...
James Ferrier "Jimmy" Pryde. Born Edinburgh. Came to London in 1890. In 1893 he married Marian Symons and his sister Mabel married William Nicholson. That year also the Beggarstaffs began their par...
Artist. Born in Seville. Best known for his religious works, he also produced a number of paintings of contemporary women and children. He died after falling from a scaffold when painting an altarp...
Artist, writer, broadcaster and art critic. He produced several books in addition to his newspaper and radio work. His radio broadcasts made him well known to the British public in the 1930s. Art c...
Artist. Born in Les Andelys, Normandy. He spent a large part of his life in Rome, producing many paintings with an historical theme, such as 'The Adoration of the Golden Calf'.
From:johncoulthart: ". . the model for Eros was one Angelo Colarossi whose father was also named Angelo Colarossi and was the model for Leighton’s python wrangler. Colarossi Snr, an Italian immigr...
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleag...
At London Sideways we learn that in 1237 the City of London, short of water, were granted a piece of land beside the Tyburn River so that they could lay conduits to carry water to the City. This l...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
This plaque (complete with a misspelling) replaces the English Heritage original which was erected on the previous house on this site, th...
Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly designed method of cotton-spinning. He worked his employees, including children, very hard and became very rich.
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