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Natoire was a professor at the Royal Academy in Paris. In this drawing, he depicts himself in a red cloak correcting a pupil’s sketch. Other students are drawing from the...
Large tea kettles, used to replenish hot water in tea pots, were a standard item from about 1710. With its textured surface and upside-down pear shape, this kettle was designed...
In this vigorously worked composition made of strong vertical and circular movements on a large scale, the drawing process is readily apparent. The intertwining of thought and action suggests contrasting...
Best known for his ceramics, Grayson Perry’s prints are noted for their caustic wit and visual inventiveness. Perry’s inspiration for this etching was the frequent use of the phrase ‘animal...
Natoire was a professor at the Royal Academy in Paris. In this drawing, he depicts himself in a red cloak correcting a pupil’s sketch. Other students are drawing from the...
This drawing is one of six variations on the subject. Its studied precision reveals Girtin’s early training as a topographical watercolourist with Edward Dayes. The strong vertical accent, sound sense...
...unique collaboration between KODE and The Courtauld. Paul Cézanne: Masterpieces from The Courtauld opens at KODE 1 on 16th July 2021 and will present a major group of paintings, together...
...part of a unique collaboration between KODE and The Courtauld, London. Paul Cézanne: Masterpieces from The Courtauld opens at KODE 1 on 16th July 2021 and will present a major...
...and biedermeieresque isms’. Rykr did not see too much hope in either one of these groups; rather he found it, again, in ‘old father Cézanne’. This emphasis on Cézanne as...
...distinctive use of line. Examples range from radical watercolours by Cézanne and highly expressive finger drawings in ink by Louis Soutter, to abstract compositions made by Henri Michaux whilst experimenting...
...distinctive use of line. Examples range from radical watercolours by Cézanne and highly expressive finger drawings in ink by Louis Soutter, to abstract compositions made by Henri Michaux whilst experimenting...
...Cézanne, and a pair of paintings by Van Gogh of the hospital where he stayed in Arles. This is the first time ever that the collection has been shown outside...
