William Blake 1757-1827
British
William Blake Galleries
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 (he was called a lunatic for his imaginative work), but he had a profound influence on Romanticism as a literary movement.
William Blake THe Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun (mk19) c 1806-1809
Water-colour,34.3 x 42 cm
Brooklyn Museum,Brooklyn(NY)
The Ancient of Days,frontispiece for Europe,a Prophecy (mk19) 1794
Colour engraving,pen,water-colour
30.4 x 23.6 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge Painting ID:: 22291
William Blake The Ancient of Days,frontispiece for Europe,a Prophecy (mk19) 1794
Colour engraving,pen,water-colour
30.4 x 23.6 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge
Happy Day-The Dance of Albion (mk19) 1794-1796
Colour engraving,pen and water-colours for Europe,a Prophecy,30.4 x 23.6 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge Painting ID:: 22293
William Blake Happy Day-The Dance of Albion (mk19) 1794-1796
Colour engraving,pen and water-colours for Europe,a Prophecy,30.4 x 23.6 cm
Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge
1757-1827
British
William Blake Galleries
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 (he was called a lunatic for his imaginative work), but he had a profound influence on Romanticism as a literary movement.