Blake, William
William Blake was an English poet, painter was born November 28, 1757, in London
William Blake started writing poems as a boy, many of them inspired by religious visions. Apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, Blake learned skills that allowed him to put his poems and drawings together on etchings, and he began to publish his own work. Throughout his life he survived on small commissions, never gaining much attention from the London art world. His paintings were rejected by the public
ID: 62544 The Lovers' Whirlwind Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta 1824-27 Pen and ink and watercolour, 374 x 530 mm City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham The scene is from Dante's Divine Comedy, Hell). Author: BLAKE, William Title: The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Form: graphics , 1751-1800 , English , other