Author: Erica Middleton
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Gainsborough’s house in Sudbury
I went to Sudbury, Suffolk recently, to see Gainsborough’s house. Very interesting – we devised a slightly alternative version of his life, piecing together the concrete information. I reckon he…
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Winifred Nicholson exhibition
This is a fabulous retrospective of ben Nicholson’s first wife at Djanogly Gallery at Nottingham University. First and foremost she was a terrific colourist, and also as an older person I…
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John Ruskin exhibition
John Ruskin I visited this temporary exhibition whilst staying in Edinburgh for the Fringe. I have been aware of Ruskin as an artist for a long time (not to mention…
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an Icelandic painter: Kjarval
I’ve just been to Reykjavik, Iceland. Amongst other things were some large and dramatic lava field landscapes by a Romantic Icelandic artist called Kjarval.