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William Blake
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28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827
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The famous English artist, poet and philosopher, William Blake (Blake William) was born in London on November 28, 1757 in the family of a knitwear merchant. His parents were deeply religious people, which had a strong influence on the worldview of the boy. The Bible was a handbook in the family and became an inspiration for his life. At the age of ten, William was sent to a drawing school, where he became familiar with ancient art and was fond of poetry. Five years later, he goes to the engraver
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The famous English artist, poet and philosopher, William Blake (Blake William) was born in London on November 28, 1757 in the family of a knitwear merchant. His parents were deeply religious people, which had a strong influence on the worldview of the boy. The Bible was a handbook in the family and became an inspiration for his life. At the age of ten, William was sent to a drawing school, where he became familiar with ancient art and was fond of poetry. Five years later, he goes to the engraver as a student. At the age of 21, after graduating, William Blay becomes an independent engraver-professional.
In 1778, William Blake began his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he studied various styles of painting, sculpture and architecture, giving his sympathies and preference to the Renaissance.
Since 1784, William and his brother Robert opened their own printing house, where from 1791 began to publish "illuminated books" - an advanced invention of the time. These were printed from copper engraved boards, or painted in watercolor on monochrome stencils printed publications with color illustrations. William Blake himself made many of his inventions and improvements. All printing boards, as a professional engraver, were made by William Blake himself and his students.
In 1783, with the help of his friends, William Blake published his first "Poetic sketches". He later self-published several "illuminated manuscripts", illustrating his own philosophical poems and engraving clichés for them on copper boards. Thus saw the light of his collections of poems “Songs of Innocence” (1789) and “Songs of Experience” (1794).
William Blake married a poor girl in 1782, Catherine Bushehr, with whom he lived until his death. On August 12, 1827, while illustrating Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, William Blake died. The cause of his death is still unknown. /