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Hello, has anyone ever heard of a british artist called Peter Duffield. I believe he is/was based in Devon or Cornwall in the 1980's. I have four oil paintings signed by him and would like further...
love to read his stuff every now and then but was disappointed with The Broker....want to try someone who writes stuff like A Time to Kill and The Client etc ...any suggestions?
It has been suggested this may be the only surviving portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the 'Nine Days Queen'. I'm interested to know what name is given to this style of portraiture?...
Apologies for this wispy question. Many years ago a TV series about art showed a very large, portrait shaped, highly detailed oil painting of a battle, (from a museum in Austria?). It was said the...
Can anybody tell me why Sylvia Plath is buried in Heptonstall graveyard in West Yorkshire and not in her native U.S. or even Devon where she died ?thanks
I don't know the story of Blood Brothers very well so I was just wanderign if there any fairly long scenes with just 1 male and 1 female character acting? If so, when and what is the scene about?...
I dont know much about ballet, but I heard the other day that only women can do the 'point to point' where they stand up on tip toe and flutter across the stage in that lovely way. Apparently men cant...
Does anyone know who the photographer of this photo is? I have to re-create it for an assignment but I need to do some reasearch on the photographer & it doesn't say who it is....
I came accross some some really cute illustrations this afternoon and would like to know the difference between Manga and Anime art, also what are the best sites to learn and see more of it?
if jacob epstein was so controversial -how come he was knighted?- his sculptures caused much outcry -yet there is no mention of such furore regarding his knighthood-puzzling it would be like michael...