Explore every episode of the podcast Notes On A Painting
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| Episode 63: Louis Finson, The Four Elements, 1611 | 15 May 2026 | 00:31:47 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss a dramatic Caravaggesque work by Louis Finson. | |||
| Episode 62: Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Serapion, 1628 | 08 May 2026 | 00:32:00 | |
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| Episode 61: Albrecht Dürer, The Great Piece of Turf, 1503 | 01 May 2026 | 00:38:23 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week an iconic watercolour work by Albrecht Dürer. | |||
| Episode 60: Sarah Miriam Peale, Susan Avery, 1821 | 17 Apr 2026 | 00:41:33 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss a work by the first successful female painter in the USA. | |||
| Episode 59: Kamal-ol-Molk, Mirror Hall, 1876 | 09 Apr 2026 | 00:27:24 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss on of Kamal-ol-Molks most famous works. | |||
| Episode 58: Edwin Landseer, Monarch of the Glen, 1851 | 02 Apr 2026 | 00:32:40 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss the iconic "Monarch of the Glen" by Edwin Landseer. | |||
| Episode 57: Fra Angelico, The Mocking of Christ 1441 | 27 Mar 2026 | 00:32:52 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at one of Fra Angelico's most renown frescos | |||
| Episode 56: Judith Leyster, The Happy Couple, 1630 | 20 Mar 2026 | 00:38:11 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss the Dutch Golden Age painter, Judith Leyster. | |||
| Episode 55: Simeon Solomon, Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, 1864 | 13 Mar 2026 | 00:34:08 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week a small watercolour by Simeon Solomon, tackling a controversial subject matter for its time. | |||
| Episode 54: Thomas Gainsborough, Cornard Wood, 1748 | 06 Mar 2026 | 00:36:55 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at an early landscape painting by one of Britain's greatest landscape painters Thomas Gainsborough. | |||
| Episode 53: Bartholomaeus Spranger, Hermaphroditus and the Nymph, 1580-82 | 27 Feb 2026 | 00:36:11 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at a work depicting one of Ovids Metamorphoses. | |||
| Episode 52: Thomas Cole, A View of the Mountain Pass (Crawford Notch), 1839 | 19 Feb 2026 | 00:36:11 | |
Notes on a painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art . This week we look at one of American artist, Thomas Cole's greatest paintings. | |||
| Episode 51: Mansur, Turkey c.1612 | 13 Feb 2026 | 00:28:12 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week a miniature painting by the master of nature, Mansur. | |||
| Episode 50: Michaelina Wautier, Two Girls as Saints Agnes and Dorothy c. 1655 | 06 Feb 2026 | 00:29:49 | |
Notes on a painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art . This week we look at the mysterious artist Michaelina Wautier, who had her first ever major retrospective almost 400 years after her death. | |||
| Episode 49: Rosa Bonheur, Ploughing in the Nivernais, 1849 | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:43:53 | |
Notes on a painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art . This week, the monumental painting "Ploughing in the Nivernais" by Rosa Bonheur. | |||
| Episode 48: Joaquín Sorolla, The Daughters of Rafael Errázuriz 1897 | 28 Nov 2025 | 00:31:43 | |
Notes on a painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and Art Historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week an unusual Sorolla work, The Daughters of Rafael Errázuriz. | |||
| Episode 47: Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross, c. 1435 | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:40:10 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at Rogier van der Weyden's iconic "The Descent from the Cross" | |||
| Episode 46: Winslow Homer, The Fox Hunt 1893 | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:35:38 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at "The Fox Hunt" by revered American painter Winslow Homer. | |||
| Episode 45 : Jean Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading, c. 1769 | 07 Nov 2025 | 00:40:39 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week, a work by Fragonard, which is notable for its loose style and the questions surrounding its sitter. | |||
| Episode 44: Unknown Artist, The Rainbow Portrait, 1600/1602 | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:36:52 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss a mysterious painting of Queen Elizabeth 1st and its unknown author. | |||
| Episode 43: Karin Bergöö Larsson, Pierre Louis Alexandre, 1879-80 | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:40:20 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at a painting by Karin Bergöö Larsson from her time at art school in Stockholm. | |||
| Episode 42: Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi, Moonlit Night on the Dneiper, 1880 | 10 Oct 2025 | 00:29:35 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss 'Moonlit Night on the Dneiper" an incredble work by 'the master of light'. | |||
| Episode 41: Mihr Ali, Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Standing, c.1809 | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:29:38 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week a large, full length portrait of Fath Ali Shah, ruler of Qajar Iran. | |||
| Episode 40: Rachel Ruysch, An Arrangement of Flowers by a Tree Trunk, c.1683 | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:35:25 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss an early Rachel Ruysch painting that resides in the Kelvingrove, Glasgow. | |||
| Episode 39: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Dudley, Worcestershire, c. 1830-5. | 19 Sep 2025 | 00:35:51 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week a watercolour of Dudley in Worcestershire by JMW Turner, and the dawn of the "industrial sublime". | |||
| Episode 38: Lorenzo Lotto, The Legend of St Brigid, 1523 | 12 Sep 2025 | 00:34:50 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we look at a section of a fresco by Lorenzo Lotto, in the Suardi Chapel, Trescore, Italy. | |||
| Episode 37: Vittore Carpaccio, Two Venetian Ladies and Hunting on the Lagoon, c.1490-1495 | 05 Sep 2025 | 00:43:57 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. This week we discuss a shutter painting, now in two fragments by Vittore Carpaccio. | |||
| Episode 36: Artemisia Gentileschi, Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1625-26 | 29 Aug 2025 | 00:42:11 | |
Notes on a Painting is a podcast by artist Olivia Kemp and art historian Esme Garlake. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of painting will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode 36 we look at Penitent Mary Magdalene by Artemisia Gentileschi. | |||
| Episode 35: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Madame Moitessier, 1856 | 12 Apr 2025 | 00:19:51 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty five we look at Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’ painting, Madame Moitessier, 1856 | |||
| Episode 34: Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609-10 | 06 Apr 2025 | 00:24:40 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty four we look at Caravaggios’a painting, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609-10. | |||
| Episode 33: Clara Peeters, Table with a cloth, pie, jug, porcelain dish with olives, 1611 | 23 Mar 2025 | 00:21:17 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty three we look at Clara Peeter’s painting, Table with a cloth, salt cellar, gilt tazza, pie, jug, porcelain dish with olives, and roast fowl, 1611 | |||
| Episode 32: Pierre Bonnard, Le Corsage à carreaux, 1892 | 18 Mar 2025 | 00:35:49 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty two we look at Pierre Bonnard’s painting, Le Corsage à carreaux, 1892. | |||
| Episode 31: Adolph Menzel, The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes), 1872/75 | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:27:14 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty one we look at Adolph Menzel’s painting, The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes), 1872-75. | |||
| Episode 30: Hieronymous Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500 | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:32:34 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode thirty we look at Hieronymous Bosch’s painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500. | |||
| Episode 29: George Stubbs, Whistlejacket, 1762 | 25 Jan 2025 | 00:26:15 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty nine, we look at George Stubbs’ painting, Whistlejacket, 1762. | |||
| Episode 28: Édouard Manet, A Bar at The Folies-Bergère, 1882 | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:35:07 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty eight, we look at Édouard Manet’s painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882. | |||
| Episode 27: Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Queen Joanna the Mad | 11 Jan 2025 | 00:29:42 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty seven, we look at Francisco Pradilla’s painting, Queen Joanna the Mad, 1877. | |||
| Episode 26: Edgar Degas, Combing the Hair, 1896 | 06 Jan 2025 | 00:37:43 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty six, we look at Edgar Degas’ painting, Combing the Hair, 1896. | |||
| Episode 25: Caspar David Friedrich, Winter Landscape, 1811 | 25 Dec 2024 | 00:27:16 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty five, we look at Caspar David Friedrich’s painting, Winter Landscape, 1811. | |||
| Episode 24: Sassetta, The Journey of The Magi, 1433-35 | 20 Dec 2024 | 00:34:01 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty four, we look at Sassetta’s painting, The Journey of The Magi, 1433-35. | |||
| Episode 23: Juan Carreño de Miranda, Eugenia Martinez Valleji, 1680 | 10 Dec 2024 | 00:25:31 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty three, we look at Juan Carreño de Miranda’s painting, Eugenia Martinez Valleji, 1680. | |||
| Episode 22: Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562 | 29 Nov 2024 | 00:30:11 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty one, we look at Pieter Breughel the Elderpainting, The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562. | |||
| Episode 21: Sofonisba Anguissola, Portrait of the Artist’s Family, 1558-59 | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:26:07 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty one, we look at Sofonisba Anguissola’s painting, Portrait of the Artist’s Family, 1558-59. | |||
| Episode 20: James Ensor, Christ’s Entry to Brussels in 1889, 1888 | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:29:03 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode twenty, we look at James Ensor’s painting, Christs entry to Brussels in 1889, 1888. | |||
| Episode 19: Rembrandt van Rijn, The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis, 1661-62. | 01 Nov 2024 | 00:31:30 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode nineteen, we look at Rembrandt van Rijn’s painting, The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis, 1661-62. | |||
| Episode 18: Eva Gonzales, The Full Length Mirror, 1869-70 | 16 Oct 2024 | 00:26:32 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode eighteen , we look at Eva Gonzales’ painting, the full length mirror, 1869. | |||
| Episode 17: Giovanni Bellini, The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr, 1505-7 | 06 Oct 2024 | 00:27:25 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode seventeen, we look at Giovanni Bellini’s painting, The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr, 1505-7. | |||
| Episode 16: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782 | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:21:30 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode sixteen, we look at Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s painting, Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782. | |||
| Episode 15: Camille Pissarro, Portrait of Cezanne, 1874 | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:28:32 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode fifteen, we look at Camille Pissarro’s painting, Portrait of Cezanne, 1874. | |||
| Episode 14: Pietro Longhi, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, 1751 | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:17:37 | |
Notes On A Painting is a podcast by artists Olivia Kemp and Mark Connolly. Together each week we will discuss a painting that one of us has chosen and researched. Our choices of paintings will reflect where our tastes differ and overlap across the history of art. In episode fourteen, we look at Pietro Longhi’s painting, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, 1751. | |||