One day in 1801, when William Blake was living on the Sussex coast, he went on a long country walk when he got into an argument with a thistle. The artist, poet and musician, who experienced ...

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English engraver, artist and poet renowned for his visionary works. Born in London, he created iconic poems like 'The Lamb,' 'The Tyger,' and the stirring ...

In his ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’, Blake juxtaposes the innocent, pastoral world of childhood against an adult world of corruption and repression. A seminal figure in the history ...

William Blake was an artisanal imagemaker dubbed a 'lunatic' during Britain's Industrial Revolution. The Getty Museum has other ideas in its new exhibition.

William Blake: Visionary Through Jan. 14, 2024, at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles; 310-440-7300; getty.edu. A correction was made on ...

A new book, and fresh medical studies, seem to re-frame the artist and poet's famous visions.