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Stourton's book was published in 2017I knew Kenneth Clark (1903-83) from watching his Civilisation series on tv in 1969 and from his involvement with one of my favourite art historians Bernard Berenson. And more recently I read Kenneth Clark: Life, Art and Civilisation by James Stourton (Collins, 2016). Born in 1903 into a wealthy textile-based family, Clark…
Irina Antonova (1922-2020) was born in working-class Moscow. Dad Alexander Antonov trained as an electrician, and was an early member of the Bolshevik party from 1906. Her Lithuanian mother, Ida Heifetz, studied to be a singer then met Alexander in Kharkov Ukraine in the Civil War. Alexander was frequently absent and unfaithful. In 1929 he took…
The first London coffee house was opened in 1652 by Pasqua Roseé, a member the English Levant Co. that traded with Turkey. In Smyrna-Izmir, he found a taste for the dark stimulant drink. With time, each British coffee house developed its own particular clientele, literary, political, financial and shipping-related. From the coffee house came the Gentleman’s Clubs and City institutions…
Geelong lad Arthur Streeton (1867-1943) studied at the National Gallery School of Art in Melbourne from 1884-7. In summer 1886 he painted with Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts in Mentone. In 1887 he camped and painted with Louis Abrahams, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin on a rural property in Heidelberg. Thus The Heidelberg School of…
Tissot, Bad News/The Parting, 1872, 69x91 cm. National Museum Cardiff Jacques Tissot (1836-1902) fought in the Franco-Prussian War to defend Paris, as part of the Paris Commune. His 1870 art evoked the period of the French revolution. But it wasn’t a happy time for the Commune; he left Paris for London in 1871 and spent a decade as an…
In the Christian tradition, journeying was associated with conversion: all pilgrim roads potentially led to Damascus. All Christians were stained with sin in his life, but individuals’ motives for going on pilgrimage differed from person to person: to seek health care; fulfil pilgrimage vows made during crises; do penance for sins; give thanks for blessings…
The Medici: Portraits and Politics 1512–1570 exhibition was at Metropolitan NY in 2021. The catalogue by the same name explored how the artists endowed their works with a clearly stylish character that identified Florentine portraiture. With 90+ notable paintings, sculptures, works on paper and medals, this volume was written by a team of leading international authors…