"I see this as a very traditional history painting," he said.

But whether or not they do, his finest history painting was already behind him.

At age 27, he won a national prize for best history painting.

Calling it a history painting or a landscape won't do.

The subject of his history paintings supported the historical change.

The work was supposed to be an updated version of history painting.

But they might also be regarded as examples of history painting.

But, having become a success with history painting, he took to drink, and fell into poverty.

At the same time the demand for traditional large religious history paintings very largely fell away.

He painted a large number of portraits and history paintings.

In these early years he exhibited several history paintings as well a number of portraits.

In fact, these might be called personal history paintings.

It was history painting that hadn't been done before.

The fifth and final year's requirement was an original history painting of the artist's choice.

He is producing a kind of eccentric contemporary history painting.

Because history painting was at the top of the list, many painters wanted to produce historical paintings.

They were also uncomfortable with the literalness of history painting.

I later did a doctorate on the relationship between history painting and historiography.

But his real achievement would be to make landscape the equal of history painting."

He was known for both portraits and history paintings.

Pourbus was best known for portraits, but created some history paintings.

His themes were history paintings and Hungarian life scenes in particular.

It was, in short, that thing for which the polite nation had been yearning: a British history painting.

Hayter was one of several artists obsessed with history painting.

It is the last secular history painting he finished.