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It’s time to separate Lucian Freud’s life from his art
The painter’s biography has long tended to loom over his works, but Stephen Patience tries to turn his attention to the actual art
How Renaissance artists captured Portugal’s golden age
Portugal’s period of ascendancy can be charted through the paintings of the times
Shifting sensibilities – how plein-air painting became all the rage
Once overlooked by both artists and collectors, the urgency of landscape studies holds an obvious appeal for modern audiences
In the studio with… Martha Jungwirth
Once occupied by the artist Franz West, the painter’s studio sits in the backyard of a former dairy and is filled with the scents of oil paint and flowers
Cult status – the idiosyncratic portraits of Glyn Philpot
The painter’s contemporaries saw him as a successor to Sargent, but his depictions of Black and queer subjects may stand out more today
In the studio with… Raqib Shaw
The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms
The Venetian painter whose still lifes look good enough to eat
Cagnaccio di San Pietro grew up in a Venetian fishing village – so it’s no surprise seafood stars in his still lifes
Full frontal flatness – Marlene Dumas in Venice, reviewed
The South African artist’s exposing paintings are not merely portraits of bare flesh – they are revelations of humanity’s darker, more painful depths
The vivacity of Van Dyck’s portraits
Combining subtlety with swagger, Van Dyck’s portraits of courtiers offer a mischievous rival to the official written histories of his day
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Is slow painting gathering steam?
Slow painters, who only finish a few works each year, may be less visible in the art world, but their work is no less valuable