In this series, artist Paul Glenshaw draws the bas-reliefs by sculptor John Gregory on the front of the Folger Shakespeare Library building. The series examines the bas-reliefs one by one; each sculpture depicts a scene from a different Shakespeare play.
Drawing by Paul Glenshaw of the Folger bas-relief depicting a scene from Henry IV, Part 1 This is the tenth post in a series by artist Paul Glenshaw about drawing the bas-reliefs by sculptor John Gregory on the front of…
Artist Paul Glenshaw writes about drawing the bas-relief of Richard III by sculptor John Gregory on the front of the Folger Shakespeare Library building.
Artist Paul Glenshaw writes about drawing the bas-relief of King Lear by sculptor John Gregory on the front of the Folger Shakespeare Library building.
Artist Paul Glenshaw describes drawing the Folger bas-relief of "Julius Caesar," in which assassins with their knives start to turn away as Caesar dies. He pairs the image with a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and a matching engraving at the Folger, which reflect the same scene just a moment later.
Artist Paul Glenshaw describes drawing John Gregory's bas-relief of Macbeth, the three witches, and their cauldron, with a focus on the vast cloud of smoke made from stone. "I realized as I drew it that the smoke was as much a character in this setting as the witches and Macbeth himself," he writes.
Paul Glenshaw draws "The Merchant of Venice" bas-relief from the series by sculptor John Gregory at the Folger Shakespeare Library -- and finds depictions of the same scene with some similar elements in the Folger collection.
