Richard Morris
@ahistoryinart
Art historian, art consultant 19thC and 20thC British/European art. Writing a book on forgotten British artists. Email: richard@richardmorris.org @spectator etc
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In Alfred William Hunt's picture from 1871, Vesuvius emerges from mist over the Bay of Naples; ships dot the bay as a single figure, accompanied by a white cat, stands by the golden walls in the left foreground to gaze over the city.
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'Kensington Interior,' (1912) depicts the hallway of 67 Ladbroke Grove, London, W.11, the house which belonged to Frank Emanuel's parents and where he lived from about 1890 until around 1920.
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Shocked to hear David Hockney has died. His huge achievement was to make serious painting look effortless. He carried forward one of the most sustained investigations into vision, space and representation by any post-war artist. British art has lost a giant.
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