Zurbarán: realism to the rescue
Baroque painter Zubarán’s crucifixes and saints at the National Gallery are a haunting experience, especially for those with a Roman Catholic upbringing.
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Discovering Anna Ancher
For artist Peter Clossick Anna Ancher’s expressive power with light is a great discovery.
THEATRE PICASSO: view from the inside
Artist Peter Clossick appreciates Picasso’s protean personality
Marrying off the “dollar princesses”
An exhibition on the centenary of John Singer Sargent’s death. John Singer Sargent was a society painter, painting beautiful and wealthy women. Sargent (1856-1925) was… Read More »Marrying off the “dollar princesses”
Up close and personal to Vincent
Artist Peter Clossick appreciates Vincent Van Gogh as a cutting edge pioneer We are so lucky to live in London. Not only have Monet’s views… Read More »Up close and personal to Vincent
The haunting of Philip Guston
By Peter Clossick and Corinna Lotz “He constantly questioned whether painting could be the legitimate response to human suffering and cruelty”Musa Guston Mayer After a… Read More »The haunting of Philip Guston
Seeing is believing: Soutine and Kossoff
Soutine and Kossoff relied on their intuition, each responding within different formal languages, bringing the painted object into the viewer’s space.
Berthe Morisot – ahead of her time
Berthe Morisot was a fascinating woman way ahead of her time and also ahead of many of her male counterparts.
Farewell to Anthony Green, visionary eccentric of domestic life
Artist Peter Clossick, past president of The London Group, shares his tribute to Anthony Green RA who died on St Valentine’s day.
Anthony was a much-loved member and supporter of The London Group, being elected in 1964 and one of the longest-serving members. He became an associate academician in 1971 and a full Royal Academician in 1977; he was also a member of the New English Art Club.
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From 40 francs to £150 million
It was his self-directed, single-minded drive for truth that made Cezanne great, argues artist Peter Clossick.
Sickert and the Tonals
A revolution in art
Artist Peter Clossick feels a deep connection with Walter Richard Sickert, who still electrifies with his harsh, erotic nudes and savage London music halls. Peter offers a personal appreciation of Sickert’s role and influence on the occasion of The Theatre of Life, currently at the Piano Nobile gallery in Holland Park.
Literature abounds about Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), the German-born English artist, so it is difficult to see through the veil, toward the life and art of this multicultural artist.
My personal connections are with Camden Town, Mornington Crescent and the statue of Sickert’s father-in-law which was at the top of the street where I grew up. Aptly painted by Frank Auerbach Mornington Crescent with the Statue of Sickert’s father in law of 1966, places Sickert as an early progenitor of the School of London.
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A London boy from Brick Lane
Working artists greet a celebration of Leon Kossoff in a long-overdue show at London’s wonderful Annely Juda gallery. As we free-float through the technological ether… Read More »A London boy from Brick Lane