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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Pretty ugly - piece on Daumier for Art UK

Art UK has posted a new piece by me, "Pretty ugly: HonorĂ© Daumier drawing for print".

If that sort of thing is of interest, here are 10 posts with me rabbiting on about pictures:

  • Daumier, by Sarah Symmons
  • Don Quixote by Cervantes and Rob Davis
  • Van Gogh's paintings in Doctor Who
  • Augustus John by Michael Holroyd
  • Seurat and the Science of Painting, by William Innes Homer
  • Mr Lear – A Life of Art and Nonsense, by Jenny Uglow
  • Manet to Picasso at the National Gallery
  • Sickert in Venice at Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • Mrs King, my 2011 talk for the National Portrait Gallery
  • Doctor Who: Portraits in Time and Space, my 2010 talk for the National Portrait Gallery

Posted by 0tralala at 12:02 pm
Labels: cartoons, painting, spain, stuff written, victorians

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