“The Laboratory” by John Collier is an example of a “problem picture,” paintings focused on characters caught in moral dilemmas that incited gossip amongst viewers.
John Collier
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Maybe Beyoncé’s Album Cover Isn’t Based on a White Man’s Painting
Some have compared her album art to John Collier’s 19th-century portrait of Lady Godiva, but Beyoncé can channel her radical spirit without evoking Western art history.
