Author Archives: William Feaver

Nicholson didn’t glorify the officers he portrayed in Canadian Headquarters Staff, commissioned in 1917.
Looking at Art

Command Performance

By Posted 01/17/12

William Nicholson’s group portrait of Canadian generals during World War I is an unusual and haunting war tableau Read More

Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, ca. 1491–1508, oil on poplar, thinned and cradled, 74 5⁄8" x 47 1⁄4". National Gallery.
Reviews

Why ‘Leonardo’ Is a Letdown

By Posted 01/03/12

Leonardo da Vinci at the National Gallery in London Read More

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News

Wall Flower

By Posted 09/01/10

A Lucian Freud mural is uncovered in an English country house. Read More

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Profiles

Why All Ingres Is Erotic

By Posted 09/01/06

Every drawing Ingres made was an overture, every painting a consummation. Read More