-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
- BP Portrait Award
- British Museum
- Browse & Darby London
- David Hockney
- Drawing
- Edinburgh Festival
- Egyptian Portraits
- Euan Uglow
- Exhibition
- Gemaldegalerie
- Grayson Perry
- London
- Lucian Freud
- Luxor
- Michael Andrews
- Musicians
- National Portrait Gallery London
- Neues Museum Berlin
- Nudes
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen
- Painting
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
- Portraiture
- Rehearsal Orchestra
- Still life
- The Artist magazine
- The Crowood Press
- Uncategorized
- William Coldstream
Meta
Category Archives: Neues Museum Berlin
Ancient, yet so Modern – Roman Mummy Portraits from Hawara
Our earliest painted representations of the human face are the remarkable Roman Mummy Portraits found at Hawara and other sites in the Fayoum region of Egypt. These striking portraits dating from the first century AD are hauntingly beautiful and the … Continue reading
Posted in British Museum, Egyptian Portraits, Exhibition, London, Lucian Freud, Luxor, Neues Museum Berlin, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen, Painting, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Portraiture, Uncategorized
Tagged arts, British Museum, british painters, Egyptian portraits, London, lucian freud, mummy portraits, paint application, Petrie Museum, portraiture, skin tones, Tai-Shan Schirenberg, UCL
Leave a comment
Inspirations from Berlin
This Autumn I was lucky to be able to spend a few days in Berlin absorbing some amazing and inspiring paintings and sculpture. Not since a whirlwind visit around the wonderful Galleries of Vienna had I had such an opportunity … Continue reading
