In the Tate Archive today looking at the files of ICA exhibitions held whilst Watson was actively involved I came across a loan by him of a picture by Andre Bauchant (1873-1958). I hadn’t heard of him before (nor of the fact that Watson owned a picture by [Read More…]
The Zinkeisen sisters
Over the years one has seen some fairly awful pictures coming through the salerooms by Doris and Anna Zinkeisen. Doris (1898-1991) developed a reputation as a stage and costume designer and one can see that facility in her art work. Anna (1901-1976) painted in a variety of styles. I [Read More…]
Allen Jones, Anselm Kiefer, Peder Balke and Moroni
A busy weekend of catching up on viewings. The Kiefer show at the Royal Academy was astonishing.I had no previous knowledge of his work and went twice to try to get to grips with it. The size of the work is overwhelming and cumulatively highly impactive. It seems logistically [Read More…]