Dinesh Khanna

Khanna Dinesh was born in India in 1957. After working in advertising he chose to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a photographer. Having had a background in advertising he felt the need to create imges, but soon learnt the art of "finding images, rather than constructing them. In the 1990's he began to travel around India, observing and appreciating the tranquil rhythm of Indian life, that at most times is masked by chaotic and exotic surface. http://www.artinaclick.com/search/results.asp?fk_artist=7875&refsrc=alleff 7876 Blake William William Blake was born in London, November 28, 1757. His father, James Blake, was a London hosier. His mother's maiden name was Catherine Harmitage. William had three brothers and a sister. His older brother took over his father's hosiery business. His you nger brothers were besaught with tragedy. John died young. The youngest, Robert, was dear to William, as he also had artistic leanings. He died of an illness at the age of 21. Another brother, Richard, died in infancy. He began his artistic career at an ea rly age, as when he was 10, his father sent him to Henry Par's drawing school in the Strand. In August 1772, he became an apprentice of Basire the engraver. For the next seven years, he learned the fine arts of engraving, etching, stippling and copying. Wi th his apprenticeship completed, he set out at 21 to earn his living as a professional engraver. Two years later, he met his future wife, Catherine Boucher, who was the illiterate daughter of a Battersea market-gardener. They married on August 18, 1782. Sh e learned to paint and draw, but remained illiterate, and childless until her death in 1831. In 1783, he published his first volume of poetry, Poetical Sketches, for his friends. The next year, he started a print shop with a former fellow apprentice, but i t soon failed. In 1788 he began to experiment with a new method of printing from etched copper plates. In this process, both words and decorations were drawn on the copper plate with a resistant medim, and then the copper was etched with acid. The text and designs were then left in relief, and could be printed in any color. This Blake called illuminated printing", and was used by him to publish his works for the rest of his life. From the years 1793 to 1800, his creative output was greater than ever. Unfortunately, this great exertion seemed to have worn Blake out. Following numerous dissapointments, both in the recognition of his literary and artistic works, he entered into a stage of depression. This period, in which even some of his close friends and acquaintances deemed him insane, lasted from 1810 to 1817. In 1818, Blake entered upon the last, and possibly happiest phase of his life. He finally began to gain the recognition he deserved, and befriended many famous English artists. Beginning in 1824, he began to suffer from symptoms of gallstones, which eventually caused his death on August 12, 1827.

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