Gothic
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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #6
Today we are going to archive the next set of Mr Pugh’s archive which he called “Sinners” For obvious reasons. As is customary, we have also included several reference photographs. However, we don’t know if these influenced the paintings in this particular collection. We shall have more information on these paintings next time. TVUP
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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #5
This is the last Pugh collection for a short while. We have many more paintings to archive in the future which exemplify different phases of Pugh’s life including apocalyptic visions, self portraits and his final dissent into madness. Have a fantastic weekend and we’ll be back with more fascinating images soon. TVUP
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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #4
Today we continue to archive the works of Mr Pugh; the relatively unknown old romanticist who produced hundreds of beautiful yet haunting paintings along with a huge bank of photographs for his own reference. During his lifetime, he was on the radar of art collectors and sellers. However, his reclusive nature put him at odds…
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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #3
Death was something of a preoccupation for those struggling through the Victorian era. Death was everywhere and there was little defence against it. Not even all the tea in China could afford you some respite. Death, like today, doesn’t discriminate. As we have seen in this blog, the Victorians had a very strange relationship with…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #11
You may recall from the last collection in this particular series that we had discovered some occult-like symbolism etched on to the cards. We have used some cutting-edge AI technology to restore these symbols as well as recreating the original condition they were in when initially passed to us. If you look closely you may…
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The Gothic Artwork of Vincent Pugh Collection #2
Today we have more photography and paintings by Mr Pugh. Like before, it’s often difficult to know which is a photograph and which is a painting. The tropes we’re looking at today are night skies and castle ruins. These were extremely common in the Gothic arts; be it literature, theatre or artworks. With Pugh’s work,…
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