Ripe for (re)discovery: marvellous artist Milton Avery

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

It’s not often that I write about the visual arts, mainly, I suppose, because I suspect that most of you reading my posts know at least as much as I do about the subject, maybe more. But just occasionally, as happened with the Swiss painter Félix Vallotton or the Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, I come … Continue reading Ripe for (re)discovery: marvellous artist Milton Avery

Félix Vallotton: a remarkable artist you may not even have heard of (I hadn’t)

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

To be absolutely honest, I wasn’t really aware of Félix Vallotton, let alone of any of his pictures, until very recently. A few years ago I read ‘Keeping an Eye Open’, Julian Barnes’ excellent collection of essays on (mostly French) art, but his chapter on Vallotton hadn’t really stayed with me simply because, apart from … Continue reading Félix Vallotton: a remarkable artist you may not even have heard of (I hadn’t)