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William Feaver
Though ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke every week for decades to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life…
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The first biography of the epic life of one of the most important, enigmatic, and private artists of the 20th century is drawn from almost 40 years of conversations with…
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Over six decades, Lucian Freud has built up a reputation as one of the most distinctive contemporary figurative artists. Freuds startling and disconcerting portraits and nudes have a haunting quality…
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The Pitmen Painters is the story of the Ashington Group from 1934 to 1984, has never been out of print. Since 2007 when Lee Hall’s play The Pitmen Painters, inspired…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND…
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The definitive book on this much admired and very influential British painter, now available in an accessibly priced edition and updated with 250 new works.
The second half of William Feaver’s Baillie Gifford Prize-shortlisted work of biography: the definitive story of the epic life of one of the twentieth century’s most important artists.
Martin Gayford, Natasha Podro, Luke Farey
Frank Auerbach: The Sitters provides a comprehensive overview of the artist's portraiture.
Hand-Off details the Bush administration's national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified Transition Memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush.