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5 days ago · 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.
Jun 24, 2024 · William Blake was an English engraver, artist, poet, and visionary, author of exquisite lyrics in Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794) and profound and difficult “prophecies,” such as Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1793), The First Book of Urizen (1794), Milton.
- G.E. Bentley
- William Blake is considered to be one of the greatest visionaries of the early Romantic era. In addition to writing such poems as “The Lamb” and “T...
- Although William Blake’s principal occupation was engraver, he transitioned to watercolour illustrations after an ambitious 1794 engraving commissi...
- Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794) is arguably William Blake’s most well-known poetic c...
- Many of William Blake’s contemporaries either ignored his work or outright ridiculed him. Much of Blake’s art and poetry went unnoticed by the gene...
- William Blake’s poetry and art moved away from the periphery following Alexander Gilchrist’s publication of a two-part biography and compilation of...
Jun 24, 2024 · William Blake - Poet, Painter, Engraver: On the completion of his apprenticeship in 1779, Blake began to work vigorously as an independent engraver. His most frequent commissions were from the great liberal bookseller Joseph Johnson.
- G.E. Bentley
Jun 24, 2024 · William Blake - Poetry, Imagery, Mysticism: Blake’s profession was engraving, and his principal avocation was painting in watercolours. But even from boyhood he wrote poetry. In the early 1780s he attended the literary and artistic salons of the bluestocking Harriet Mathew, and there he read and sang his poems.
- G.E. Bentley
Jun 18, 2024 · The Blake School departmental awards honor senior students who exhibit active and ongoing scholarship, curiosity and creativity in Blake’s core academic areas.
6 days ago · The Global Blake Network began as an international conference in 2022. It has since evolved into a series of seminars and online resources.
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Jun 14, 2024 · 14 June 2024 to 08 Sep 2024. With WILLIAM BLAKE´S UNIVERSE, the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the astonishing oeuvre of the English draughtsman and graphic artist William Blake (1757-1827), produced in the years around 1800 against the backdrop of revolution and war in Europe, slavery in the European colonies, and oppression in his native ...
