Vol 1 was shortlisted last year for the Baillie Gifford Prize. WF knew Freud extremely well; he chronicles the colourful private life and pictures with detachment.
She was B-J's muse for the last 25 years of his life, but, unlike most of the other Pre-Raphaelite women, she survived into a self-determining life and was friendly with Wilde, Einstein, Asq... read more
From the author of the biography of Shchukin comes the story of another extraordinary pre-Revolutionary Russian collector of European art. He spent 1.5 million francs on 486 paintings, which... read more
His repeated portrayal of adolescent male nudes have tended to marginalise this painter, but this fine new book demonstrates that his artistic merit warrants a much broader appeal.