Archives for October 11, 2016

  Picasso was, of course, a great and natural draughtsman. Even as a child he had a fluent and steady line, and was capable of capturing a likeness with ease. The ability to do this doesn’t seem too important to the practice of art today, and isn’t, apparently, a skill much valued or taught at art schools.  This undermines, of course, the very reason for existence of The National Portrait … [Read more...]