William Blake
Visionary Romantic poet and artist
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. What he called his prophetic works were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC’s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich œuvre, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
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Artworks by this artist
- The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun c. 1805
- Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity 1821
- Illustrations of the book of Job Pl.06 1826
- Illustrations of the book of Job Pl.07 1826
- Illustrations of the book of Job Pl.17 1826
- America, a prophecy Pl.01 1793
- Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.24 19th century
- When the Morning Stars Sang Together 1804-1807
- Oberon and Titania on a Lily
- Job and His Daughters 1799-1800
- Wilson Lowry 1825
- Los Supporting the Sun (recto) probably c. 1793
- The Ancient of Days 1794
- William Cowper 1802
- Pl. 26 – A Cradle Song 1789
- Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.43 19th century
- Visions of the daughters of Albion Pl. 01 1793
- America, a prophecy Pl.13 1793
- Pl. 5 – Ecchoing Green 1789
- Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.41 19th century