Drawing at the National Gallery
‘Unforgettable, that’s what you are
Unforgettable, though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me……’ (Irving Gordon 1951)
Just walkin’, lookin’, learnin’ and takin’ a line for a walk.
Making notes. Not copying. Studying.
Learning from the Masters. That’s all.
(See also ‘Smile Like You Mean It’– notebook drawings of ‘Portrait’ in the National Gallery collection)
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Aelbert Cuyp – River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants
Canaletto – Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie
Canaletto – Venice: Piazza San Marco
Canaletto – Venice: The Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo
Claude Lorrain – Landscape with Aeneas at Delos
Francesco Guardi – Caprice View with Ruins Left
Francesco Guardi – Caprice View with Ruins Centre
Francesco Guardi – Caprice View with Ruins Right
Francesco Guardi – Venice: The Punta della Dogana
Frans Hals – Young Man holding a Skull
Hendrik Avercamp – A Scene on the Ice near a Town
Jacob van Ruisdael – A bleaching ground in a hollow by a cottage
Jacob van Ruisdael- A pool surrounded by trees and two sportsmen coursing a hare
Jacob van Ruisdael – A Ruined Castle Gateway
Jacob van Ruisdael – An Extensive Landscape with Ruins
Jacob van Ruisdael – Extensive Landscape with a Ruined Castle and a Church
Jacob van Ruisdael – The shore at Egmond-aan-Zee
Jacob van Ruisdael – Two Watermills and an Open Sluice at Singraven
Jan Beerstraaten – The Castle of Muiden in Winter
Jan van de Cappelle – Dutch Yacht firing a Salute
Jan van der Heyden – View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam
JMW Turner – Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
Meindert Hobbema – A view of the Haarlem Lock and the Herring-Packers’ Tower, Amsterdam
Meindert Hobbema – The Avenue at Middelharnis
Philips Koninck – An Extensive Landscape with a road by a river
Peter Paul Rubens – Het Steen in the Early Morning
Rembrandt – Self Portrait at the Age of 63
Salomon van Ruysdael – View of Deventer seen from the North-West
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN
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