Cover art for Julian Bell on Painting
Published
Thames & Hudson, May 2024
ISBN
9780500027288
Format
Hardcover, 96 pages
Dimensions
18cm × 11.6cm

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Respected painter and writer Julian Bell offers original insights into the art, practice and ongoing importance of painting.

Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the ON series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across the arts. Mixing classic and contemporary texts, reissues and abridgements, these are bite-sized, fully illustrated reads in an attractive, affordable and highly collectable package.

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