Dull, mediocre, bad - and well worth the price of a ticket

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The 18th century artist Anton Raphael Mengs achieved fame briefly in 1761 when his painting called 'Parnassus' received acclaim by Johann Joachim Winckelmann in 1761. Mengs adapted the painting from Raphael and Poussin. From then onwards he was disregarded as an artist as his paintings were recognised as being lifleless and unevocative. Mengs was the son of a portrait painter who wanted his son to achieve fame, making him believe that he had genius. Mengs was introduced as a boy to Cardinal Albani in Rome, Italy. Kenwood House in the Warwickshire has a collection of Mengs' works.

Works, Artists, Mengs, Anton Raphael

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A king's ransom

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The 1992 Dulwich College exhibition 'Treasures of a Polish King', a swap with Poland, includes two portraits of Stanislaus, some city-scapes by Bernardo Bellotto and some silverware and porcelain but mainly demonstrates the history of Eastern Europe. Stanislaus III Augustus, the last monarch of Poland, commissioned the painter Francis Bourgeois and the art dealer Noel Desenfans to collect pictures to create a national gallery in Warsaw in 1792. However, Catherine the Great forced the king to abdicate in 1795 and the pictures were bequeathed to Dulwich College in 1811.

Poland, Museums, Art museums, Antiquities, England, Stanislaus III, King of Poland

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Sudden shafts of reality

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Artist Howard Hodgkin loves Indian paintings. He thinks art collecting is an obsession. His collection includes many low-toned drawings from the Kota school. He likes its realism. He appreciates paintings which combine viewpoints without contradiction. His collection has few religious pictures and many of ordinary life. His own work has been influenced by the way Indian art affects him.

Appreciation, India, Art, Hodgkin, Howard, Native American painting

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