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In his review of Jack Lindsay’s William Blake: His Life and Work (1979) which appears in Blake / An Illustrated Quarterly, 14 (1980-81), 164-67, Lindberg discusses some aspects of Blake’s materials. That Blake employed unconventional materials for watercolor painting is asserted by his biographers.
William Blake's life and work templated the modern artist - via his prints, paintings, and poems he constructed an intricate, mythical universe.
A remarkable printmaker, painter, and poet, William Blake (1757–1827) developed a wildly unconventional world view, representing universal forces of creation and destruction — physical, psychological, historical — through his own cast of characters.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
Biography. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.
Blake's watercolor technique until late in life involved making what are in reality tinted drawings, in which the color is contained within a pen outline. Without oils he was cut off from the lucrative business of portraiture and from the prestigious practice of large-scale history painting.
William Blake, Painter and Poet by Richard Garnett. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. →. This work includes an index . WILLIAM BLAKE. CHAPTER I. Preliminary observations—Blake's Birth—Education—Marriage—Early Poems—Drawings and Engravings. The position of William Blake among artists is exceptional.
