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Anniversaries
; ...proprietor, 1879; Igor Ivan Sikorsky, inventor of the helicopter, 1889. Deaths: The Venerable Bede, historian, 735; Gaspard (Doughet) Poussin, painter, 1675; Marie- Madeleine Pioche de la Viergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, writer, 1693; Gustav Theodore...
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The Arts: Jackpot for peanuts Art
; ...Bril (a strange mythological scene), Gaspard Dughet, Andrea Locatelli (two eccentrically...Salvator Rosa. And then there is one Poussin, which casts everything else in the shade. It is the greatness of Poussin that puts things in perspective. This...
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Capturing the beautiful face of the country: the origins of Irish plein-air painting: ignoring any obstacles posed by the country's climate, artists working in Ireland in the 1770s may have helped to pioneer the practice of painting out of doors. William Laffan presents new evidence for this innovation.
; ...engaged with the new technique. Indeed, they were criticised by Philip Hackert for 'slavishly aping the styles of Gaspard Poussin and Claude instead of referring directly to nature'. (7) A work by Jonathan Fisher is published here to suggest...
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Nantucket high: in one of the island's grandest historic houses, designer Keith Irvine spreads his wings.
; ...classical landscape--in the back cellar of a junk shop; it turned out to be by the much-collected Gaspard Dughet, the brother-in-law of Nicolas Poussin. Later, Keith's talent was nurtured in a more modern direction by his years studying interior...
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