Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, painted by Ilya Repin in 1885 - Public Domain Stare into the absolute, tormenting agony etched in those eyes! I first encountered this haunting image as a schoolboy, and it's lingered in my memory ever since. The distress conveyed in those eyes is almost tangible. They're wide, brimming … Continue reading The Haunting of Power and Remorse
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A Frolic through Fitzgerald’s Kaleidoscope
John Anster Fitzgerald: The Painter's Dream c. 1857 First of all I have conflicting sources that title this painting differently: one is The Artist's Dream and another, The Painter's Dream. I'm not going to cry about it but some of the sources I've looked at were a waste of time - not including the sources … Continue reading A Frolic through Fitzgerald’s Kaleidoscope
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