What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
The imagination of Ensor
The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes
Resurrecting Lavery
The decline of Sir John Lavery’s reputation was undeserved
Frans Hals’ sense of fun
A delightful display of portraiture at the National Gallery
Colin Watson and the lost art of figurative painting
In an age when figurative art had fallen out of fashion, Watson fixed his gazed unerringly on the mystery of life as it is
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise — His Final Months
In the final months of his life, the troubled artist achieved a brilliant and under-regarded new stage of expression
The dark side of Constable
His paintings have greater depth than fashion has supposed