The visionary creations of the English poet and painter William Blake inspired later writers such as Walt Whitman and James Joyce.

Was William Blake, long regarded as one of the greatest English artists and poets, actually Irish? The idea may come as a shock to those who sing Blake’s words to what has become England’s ...

The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.

An academic has found engravings by William Blake from his time in the 1770s as an apprentice under James Basire.

William Blake’s Cottage Will Be Saved—and Transformed Into a New Museum The 18th-century poet wrote some of his most renowned works in the house in southern England, which has since fallen ...

Possessing an ethereal delicacy, at first seemingly naïve, but in actuality hinting at divine depths, William Blake’s paintings are truly visionary. But as respected as the English poet and painter ...

William Blake’s Universe feels a little hugger-mugger, as if part of its job is to offer up its secrets to like-minded enthusiasts.

A crackling collection of experimental prints by William Blake resurrects the English poet-painter in all his radical frenzy, and foretells the limits of political art.

William Blake was an artisanal imagemaker dubbed a 'lunatic' during Britain's Industrial Revolution. The Getty Museum has other ideas in its new exhibition.

William Blake, “Pity” (circa 1795) (all photos Michael Glover/ Hyperallergic) The great painter William Blake (1757-1827) traveled far in the realms of gold, to borrow a phrase from John Keats ...

In “William Blake vs. the World,” John Higgs examines the visionary poet’s relevance to modernity.