*Gwen John, inner tumult exterior grace

Love John’s mark-making and psychological penetration of subject

* Franz Xaver Winterhalter, intimate strangers

I find Winterhalter’s handling of colour along with the often quizzical expression of his subject’s so captivating.

*the shadows of Bronzino

Bronzino’s application of cangiante is extremely subtle and fascinating

*Velazquez, intimate handling

An acute remoteness

*Diane Simpson, proposing architectural wearability

All work here!

*Theo van Doesburg, levitating primaries

Composition VII (the three graces). 1917.

*Carravagio, The Crowning with Thorns

*Josef Frank, florid modernism

*Margaret Bowland, othering Her

Love this painting. All works here

*Valentin de Boulogne, Body as Interstitial Apparat

Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats), c. 1618–1620, by Valentin de Boulogne