Along the lines of narrative art, John William Waterhouse is one of my favourite painters. I really love how his work shows mythical creatures and is surrounded in mystery and symbolism. I find that they're the kind of paintings that I want to spend hours looking at and learning about, not to mention that they're just reeeeally pretty.
For my GCSE art, I actually chose the "narrative art" brief and decided to base it around mermaids, inspired by Waterhouse's paintings.
I feel rather embarrassed posting this here after showing Waterhouse's work but oh well.
Another artist I'd like to talk about is Laure Provoust. I discovered her from her book 'The Artists Book' which I found in the college library, and I couldn't stop laughing the entire time I looked through it. The book not only shows the artist's work, but is full of odd little anecdotes and stories that continue throughout the book. The whole book is a piece of art, really.
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