William Blake 2019 Wall Calendar

Relatively unknown as an artist during his lifetime, poet, painter, and engraver William Blake "neither wrote nor drew for the many, hardly for work'y-day men at all, rather for children and angels; himself 'a divine child,'" said Alexander Gilchrist in his Life of William Blake (1863). A visionary since childhood, Blake (British, 1757-1827) held strong beliefs about religion, politics, and art, which he personalized and channeled into poetry and artwork. Although he famously stated, "I will not reason and compare: my business is to create," he believed that his works-sometimes mystical, often controversial-were understood by the majority. While Blake holds dual significance to his era as writer and artist, today his work-of paramount importance to the Western canon-continues to capture the attention of scholars and laypeople alike. Mått: 32 x 30 cm. OBS! Import, kalendern har internationella helgdagar och börjar veckorna med söndag.