By James Brewer A captivating designer, painter, printmaker and embroiderer of the 1930s and 1940s, Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951) is at last justly hallowed by a London exhibition of the current…
Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking. Glorious bloom of new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer So much more than cherry blossom. The first UK exhibition of the…
By James Brewer Landscape paintings have had centuries of prominence through Euro-centric eyes. Now an exhibition in London is transforming the genre through the refreshing lens of the African diaspora.…
Rubens & Women — Dulwich Picture Gallery shines new light on the Flemish master By James Brewer Four centuries after the zenith of his fame, it is time for a…
By James Brewer She brought to her canvases “a palette of crushed flower petals,” rhapsodised one 19th century art critic about Berthe Morisot. Her beautiful paintings were already collected in her…
By James Brewer Who is that woman in the window? Artists have since ancient eras framed women, literally, in stories and enigmas that evoke in the viewer deep and sometimes…
British Surrealism: strange dreams in the frame at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer “Delve deeply, fly faster, love to your heart’s content; what do your dreams reveal?” This is…
Rembrandt’s Light. Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates the inextinguishable artist By James Brewer Boom and bust. That was the economy of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century, and so it was with the…
Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer A wonderful surprise awaited Gordon Samuel in summer 1983 as he began stock-taking at the Redfern…
Dulwich Picture Gallery shines dreamlike light on Harald Sohlberg: Painting Norway By James Brewer Tall and slender but sturdy trees are the sole witnesses to many of the dramatic scenes…
Edward Bawden, wittiest UK artist, in retrospect at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer A jack-of-all-trades among 20th century artists, Edward Bawden was commissioned by leisure firms to show people relaxing.…
David Milne: Modern Painting enthrals at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer For his voyage into modernity, the painter David Milne was in good company, his work being shown at…
Tove Jansson: beyond Moominvalley By James Brewer Devotion to the oceans and to the cause of cleaner seas – such are among the many facets of an artist best known…
John Singer Sargent: The Watercolours, at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer A marvellous watercolourist in between commissions for genteel society portraits, John Singer Sargent was when young a marine…
Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates Adriaen van de Velde, master of landscape of the Dutch Golden Age By James Brewer He was the son of one of the greatest Dutch marine…
Dulwich Picture Gallery gives painter of genius Winifred Knights first retrospective 70 years after her death By James Brewer A “Streatham girl of 21” was prominently featured in the Daily…
Painting Norway: Nikolai Astrup. First UK show of ‘messenger of the Norwegian Spring’ is staged by Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer Although he spent much of his life amid…
The Amazing World of MC Escher: a master of graphic illusion mesmerises in new show at Dulwich Picture Gallery By James Brewer In spring 1936, the Dutch graphic artist Maurits…
Dulwich Picture Gallery celebrates peacetime and wartime watercolours and lithographs of artist Eric Ravilious, By James Brewer Official war artist Eric Ravilious was hugely inspired by the golden light that…
From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia. Dulwich Picture Gallery’s new exhibition celebrates a remarkable artist, By James Brewer In everything, Emily Carr kicked against the…