William Blake - Wikipedia
William Blake was a 19th-century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages. Updated:...
William Blake | Biography, Poems, Art, Characteristics, & Facts
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.
William Blake | Poetry Foundation
A Drama of Truth: Robert Duncan and Tradition. William Blake - William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake. Two of his six siblings died in infancy. From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the window"; around age nine, while walking through the ...
William Blake - Poems, Quotes & Life - Biography
Illustration by Sophie Herxheimer. Best known in his time as a painter and engraver, William Blake is now known as a major visionary poet whose expansive style influenced 20th-century writers and musicians as varied as T.S. Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, and Bob Dylan.
About William Blake | Academy of American Poets
William Blake, (born Nov. 28, 1757, London, Eng.—died Aug. 12, 1827, London), English poet, painter, engraver, and visionary. He was trained as an engraver by James Basire and afterward attended classes at the Royal Academy. Blake married in 1782, and in 1784 he opened a print shop in London.
William Blake: The greatest visionary in 200 years - BBC
William Blake (28 November 1757 - 12 Agustus 1827) adalah seorang pelukis Inggris, penyair dan zaman Renaisans. Sebagian besar belum diakui selama hidupnya, Blake sekarang dianggap sebagai tokoh mani dalam sejarah puisi dan seni visual dari Umur Romantik.
William Blake (1757-1827) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
We tend to think of William Blake (1757-1827) as a quintessentially English kind of eccentric, said Nicholas Wroe in The Guardian. Thanks in part to his words for the hymn Jerusalem, the ...
William Blake 101 by The Editors | Poetry Foundation
Blake as a poet. 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.
William Blake - Poetry, Imagery, Mysticism | Britannica
The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake. [Preliminaries] Acknowledgments. [Editors' Note] Preface. THE NATURE OF THIS COMPLETE EDITION. I. THE WORKS IN ILLUMINATED PRINTING. II. [PROPHETIC WORKS, UNENGRAVED] III. POETICAL SKETCHES. IV. [AN ISLAND IN THE MOON] V. [SONGS AND BALLADS] VI. [SATIRIC VERSES AND EPIGRAMS] VII. THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.
William Blake | Poetry Foundation
Exhibition Overview. The first major exhibition ever to be held in New York to address all aspects of the work of the important British Romantic painter, printmaker, and poet, William Blake presents more than 175 works drawn from public and private collections in Britain, the United States, and Australia.