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Art historian, dealer/art consultant 19thC and 20thC British and European art.
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During 1939 and 1946, Irma Stern travelled to the African Great Lakes region (DRC and present-day Rwanda) where she made some of her most celebrated works. This painting 'Watussi Princess,' (1942), depicts Princess Emma Bakayishonga of Rwanda.

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Although justifiably considered the father of Norwegian landscape painting, Johan Christian Dahl spent most of his career in the German city of Dresden, painting views of the city including this one on the bank of the River Elbe in 1826.

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'The Girl by the Window.' (1893) It was the German Romantic poet Novalis who anticipated the appeal of the open window. In contrast to examples from earlier centuries, 19thC pictures, such as this by Munch, show the windows straight on or with a view seen through them.

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'Still life.' (1942) This coming January, to mark its 25th anniversary, the Estorick Collection is presenting an exhibition of work by Giorgio Morandi and will include oil paintings, watercolours and prints. The show runs from 6th January until 30th April 2023.

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'Figures from a Play.' (c1960) The fluidity of watercolour allowed Edward Burra to produce a velvet-smooth finish to his work - all the more remarkable given the way he was obliged to hold (really to jam) a paintbrush into his arthritic hand.

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Delores.' (c1920) The influence of the Italian Renaissance, in particular the work of Piero della Francesca can often be seen in Gerald Brockhurst's portraits. Set in idealised landscapes, the sitter appears to float in the front of the picture plane.

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Edvard Munch was 18 and a student at the Royal Schopl of Drawing in Oslo when he completed this self portrait in 1882, the first of many hundreds. An almost ideally handsome young man at first and a decade on, long-boned, twitchy and in his late 50s looking consumed by life.

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Painted in 1925, the view is of San Quirce Safaja, in the region of Vallés, Barcelona. Joaquín Mir was travelling, painting landscapes with his bright palette, saying he was on his campañas (campaign) His style was becoming more realist, but he was still experimenting with colour

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'Wash Day.' (1946) Rachel Reckett's painting shows two women washing laundry at a lavoir, a public wash house or communal washing place found in many French villages.

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William Blake's painting derives from 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream.' Oberon is angry with Titania for refusing to relinquish one of her attendants and has sprinkled her eyes with a potion that will cause her to fall in love with the first living creature she sees when she awakes.

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