AMONG the clearly discernible qualities of Blake's work, intensity of visualization and simplicity of expression occupy the foreground. The former is the chief mark of his genius as a whole.

One day in 1801, when William Blake was living on the Sussex coast, he went on a long country walk when he got into an argument with a thistle. The artist, poet and musician, who experienced ...

You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. But did you know that Blake was also an artist and print maker who made illuminated ...

William Blake is today exal­ted as one of the greatest British artists. His life mask is in the National Portrait Gallery, while a bust sits in Westminster Abbey. His poem “The Tyger” is ...

1788–1795 takes seriously William Blake's wish to be read as a natural philosopher, particularly in his early illuminated works, and reveals the way that poetry and visual art were for Blake an ...

Sam Gainsborough helms a magical immersive experience centred around the work of the British poet and artist in collaboration with art institution Tate.

On 24th November 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It is fixed to a pillar and is by the ...

These, along with the witty “Thought for the day” depositions, are pithy expressions that brighten the delivery of the ...

William Blake was a deeply religious man who had a fascination with Christian mysticism, which informed his huge body of works "New light" will be shed on the English Romantic artist and poet ...