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William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827), Title: The Genius of Shakespeare, Watercolor, 1809, In the collection of the British Museum, London

William Blake earned his place as the patron saint of all freethinking outsider artists. One might say he perfected the role as he perfected his art—or his arts rather, since his poetry inspires as much awe and acclaim as his visionary engravings and illustrations.

William Blake's watercolours for Blair's "the Grave", rediscovered in 2009.

william blake monotypes | William Blake | The First Book of Urizen | 1794 | The Morgan Library ...

A selection of paintings showing Blake’s strength in design beyond normal artistic composition – a very modern feature.

This watercolor copy after Phillips's portrait of Blake, now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, was included by Thomas Butts in his portfolio containing Blake's twenty-one illustrations to the Book of Job.

William Blake - Joy

William Blake: frontispiece from The Song of Los, 1795

Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has always been a place of surprises, which has made it an absolutely fitting place for “William Blake: Apprentice and Master,” an exhibition that is at once didactic and very strange. The exhibition left me dazed by the technical detail but aware that I would never look at a Blake work in the same way again.

William Blake - To See a World...

William Blake.

Titania, Oberon and Puck with fairies dancing, 1796 This latest posting examines the poet William Blake’s conceptions of fairies. This is to mark the publication of my latest book, Albion aw…

William Blake Quotes

After only a cursory glance at the works of John Donne, especially those written after he took orders in the church, a reader might easily assume that Donne was a devout man whose theology was relatively orthodox. And in many ways, this might be...

1. Where did William Blake live between 1800-1803? Answer: Outside of London 2. When Blake’s work really got discovered, what did people think of him? Answer: People thought Blake was confused, weird, and mad. 3. How many times were William Blake married? Answer: William Blake was married to one woman all his life. 4. What did William Blake provide with his poems? Answer: Illustrations 5. William Blake and his wife did everything in making what book? Answer: Songs of Innocence (1789)

In 1892, architect W.R. Lethaby wrote: “The main purpose and burden of sacred architecture - and all architecture, temple, tomb, or palace...