Gauguin – John Allcock

I’ve seen that face before

09/01/202520/04/2020 by John

This morning my wife and I were sitting together, taking part in one of the “Zoom” sessions that now seem to have become a normal part of life. For some reason my gaze drifted away from the computer screen to the row of family photographs along the mantlepiece. I see them every day, but today … Read more

Looking again at Gauguin

09/01/202515/12/2019 by John

Yesterday I spent time in the exhibition of Gauguin portraits at the National Gallery in London. I’m not entirely sure what persuaded me to take in this particular show, but I’m glad that I did. I came out puzzling over a very different view of him from the one with which I started. The early … Read more