Lucian Freud: reflections of the artist
The looking glass was an important tool for Lucian Freud, but his work went far beyond mirror-play. As an exhibition of his portraits opens, his biographer and friend writes about his ruthless, confrontational realism"I really used the mirror as a devi...
Van Gogh: The Life
A biography that paints the artist's death in a different perspectiveIn and around Auvers-sur-Oise, 15 miles northwest of Paris, a number of large, discoloured reproductions of paintings by the artist most associated with the village have been planted ...
John Martin: painting the apocalypse
Martin, the most popular painter of his day, specialised in vast canvases of the ancient world in chaos. Neglected for decades, his spectacular art is regarded highly once moreOn the night of 1 February 1829, Jonathan Martin felt his way from behind Ar...
