Word: arts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last evening in Sanders Theatre Mr. Humphry Ward gave a mostinteresting lecture on Gainsborough, the third of the series on English Art in the Eighteenth Century...
...London, where he was asked to exhibit. Among the best portraits he did at this time were those of the Parish Clerk, David Garrick and Lady Mary Carr. In the country places around Bath, Gainsborough saw some pictures by Van Dyck, which revealed to him a new world of art. He greatly improved his treatment of draperies and imparted to them a superb depth of color. While at Bath, Gainsborough also painted a great many landscapes, which are now considered his masterpieces. He had a knack of giving a momentary effect to his pictures. Horace Walpole caught the spirit...
Pedagogical Seminary. Art and Popular Education. Mr. G. J. Smith. Sever...
Lecture. English Art in the Eighteenth Century - IV. Romney. Mr. Humphrey Ward. Sanders Theatre...
Lecture. English Art in the Eighteenth Century - III. Gainsborough. Mr. Humphrey Ward. Sanders Theatre...