William Blake at Australia's National Gallery of Victoria

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB

William Blake's Dante running from the Three Beasts (1824-1827) illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante 

AUSTRALIA---The National Gallery of Victoria presents an exhibition showcasing its collection of works by William Blake. The exhibition includes watercolours, single prints and illustrated books. Due to the material’s light sensitivity, these works are only infrequently exhibited and the exhibition provides the rare opportunity to see the Gallery’s complete holdings of Blake’s work which span his full career, from his earliest to his latest years. The NGV owns thirty-six of the 102 watercolours Blake executed in the 1820s to illustrate Dante’s Divine Comedy, which are regarded as among the artist’s finest and most impressive creations. Founded in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria is Australia’s oldest public art gallery.