24 September 2015

Crossword by Boffles

A spot of painting

Across

    6  Liked his women well-rounded (6)

    7  Father of Zeus painted by Goya devouring one of his children (6)

    8  Subject of famous Landseer regal painting (4)

    9  Season inspiring many including Botticelli (6)

  10  Stuart court painter (3,4)

  12  Balletomane (5)

  14  Birthplace of Renaissance painting (5)

  16  Very influential friend of Zola (7)

  19  Gauguin or Klee? (4)

  21  The usual medium (4)

  23  Birthplace of Toledo painter with an individual style (6)

  24  A class frequently painted but by no means all straight (6)

 

Down

    1  Vermeer painted a lady with one (4)

    2  Respectable painter?  Nonsense! (4)

    3  Portrait painters try to capture their sitters’ (7)

    4  Warhol painted this screen icon as well as soup cans (6)

    5  The one overlooking Aix-en- Provence was a favourite subject of 16ac (8)

    7  Loving gesture painted by Klimt among others (4)

  11  Generic term for paintings (3)

  13  ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’ and ‘Dance at Bougival’ are (7)

  15  A favourite subject of 18dn (6)

  17  Raphael fresco shows him sitting on Mount Parnassus surrounded by the Muses and poets (6)

  18  Made a big impression (5)

  20  Site of mausoleum painted and visited again and again (4)

  22  Instrument associated with 17dn and frequently appearing in paintings (4)