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William Blake

1757–1827, Engeland (Londen), Romantiek

Blake was dichter, schilder en graveur ineen en vond een eigen methode uit om tekst en beeld samen te drukken. Van kinds af aan had hij visioenen en hij schiep een eigen mythologie met figuren als Los en Urizen. Zijn aquarellen bij de Bijbel, bij Milton en bij het boek Job zitten vol licht, zwevende lichamen en spiralen. Tijdens zijn leven miskend, geldt hij nu als een van de grootste kunstenaars van Engeland.

Alle werken

• Evening
• Job and His Daughters
• The Last Supper
• Wat Tyler's Daughter
• Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent
• The Vision of the Lord of Spirits
• A Resurrection Scene (The Gambols of Ghosts) [recto]
• An Angel Teaching a Daughter of Men the Secrets of Sin
• The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men
• John Linnell
• Enoch before the Great Glory
• The Daughter of Men Becomes a Siren
• A Warring Angel [recto]
• Los Supporting the Sun [recto]
• The Descent of Peace [recto]
• A Man Seen from Behind, Rising on Clouds
• Time's Triple Bow [recto]
• King Canute
• King Edward
• A Figure Ascending in a Glory of Clouds (?)
• The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents
• "And Saul Said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with Thee" [recto]
• The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun
• Sketch for the Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job
• An Ascending Spiral of Figures [recto]
• Moses Staying the Plague (?) [recto]
• Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity
• Queen Katherine's Dream
• Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions
• The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea
• The Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul
• The Last Judgment
• Group of Men Seated in a Circle [recto]
• The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War)
• Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons
• Dream of Thiralatha [from "America," cancelled plate d]
• Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection
• The Death of Saint Joseph
• Mrs. Q.