Selected reviews and articles since 1981
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John Lessore
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Illustrated Catalogue: Theo Waddington, 7.10.81 to 31.10.81
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John Lessore
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Frances Spalding, Times Literary Supplement, 16.10.81
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John Lessore
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John McEwen, Spectator, 17.10.81
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John Lessore, Theo Waddington Gallery
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Oswell Blakeston, Arts Review, 23.10.81
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(illus. black & white)
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Introduction
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Catalogue: Summer Show 1, Serpentine Gallery, 1982
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Farmer Cox’s recipes
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William Feaver, Observer, 7.8.83
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Bull in a gallery window
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Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph, 8.8.83
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Listing
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Galleries, 8.83
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(illus. black & white)
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Introduction
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Richard Morphet, “The Hard-Won Image, Traditional method and subject in recent
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British art”, Illustrated Catalogue, Tate Gallery, 4.7.84 to 9.9.84
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John Lessore
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“The Proper Study”, Contemporary figurative paintings from Britain,
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Timothy Hyman, Illustrated Catalogue: Lalit Kala Akademi and tour,
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1.12.84 to 2.28.85
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A Singular Vision, paintings of the figure by contemporary artists
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Illustrated Catalogue: Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
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and tour, 19.1.85 to 13.10.85
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Bold decisive brushwork
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Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph, 27.2.85
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(illus. black & white)
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The arduous art of being true to life
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Marina Vaizey, Sunday Times, 2.85
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John Lessore, Recent Paintings
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Illustrated Catalogue: Stoppenbach and Delestre Ltd. 20.2.85 to 16.3.85
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Rocks and Flesh, An argument for British Drawing,
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selected by Peter Fuller, Illustrated Catalogue: Norwich School of Art Gallery and
tour,
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30.9.85 to 15.3.86
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Introduction
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Richard Morphet, Illustrated Catalogue: John Lessore -
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Working Drawings, Sternberg Centre for Judaism, 5.86
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A brief appreciation,
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Agi Katz, Illustrated Catalogue: John Lessore - Working Drawings,
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Sternberg Centre for Judaism, 5.86
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Seven British Artists, Figure and landscape,
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Illustrated Catalogue: Edward Totah Gallery, 1986
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Artist’s Statement
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Illustrated Catalogue: “Past and Present”, South Bank
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Centre and tour, 1987-88
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The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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William Feaver, Observer, 11.6.89
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The Pursuit of the Real, British figurative painting from Sickert to Bacon
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Tim Wilcox, Illustrated Catalogue: Manchester City Art Galleries and tour,
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10.3.90 to 16.9.90
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John Lessore
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An interview by James Hyman, “John Lessore Paintings 1985-90”,
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Illustrated Catalogue: Nigel Greenwood Gallery, 25.4.90 to 24.5.90
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Images in the family way
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William Feaver, Observer, 6.5.90
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(illus. black & white)
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Beef without complaint
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Giles Auty, Spectator, 12.5.90
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(illus. colour)
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Critic’s Choice
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Giles Auty, Illustrated Catalogue: Beaux Arts, Bath, 21.9.91 to 12.10.91
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Drawing on these shores, a view of British Drawing and its Affinities
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Glenn Sujo, Illustrated Catalogue: Harris Museum and Art Gallery,
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Preston, and tour; 27.11.93 to 31.7.94
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The human figure at the heart
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Martin Gayford, Sunday Telegraph Review, 13.2.94
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(illus. colour)
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Artist’s Statement
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John Lessore, Recent Paintings, Illustrated Catalogue,
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Theo Waddington & Robert Stoppenbach, 16.2.94 to 19.3.94
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Back to basics
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Giles Auty, Spectator, 26.2.94
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Stripped naked in Arcadia
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John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph Review, 27.2.94
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Images melting softly into the foreground,
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William Feaver, Observer Review, 27.2.94
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John Lessore, André Derain
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Simon Grant, Evening Standard, 4.3.94
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Celebration of light and darkness
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James Hyman, Jewish Chronicle, 11.3.94
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Figures in symphony
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David Cohen, R.A.Magazine, 3.94
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(illus. colour)
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Simply the Best
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First Jerwood prize shortlist,
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John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph, 12.6.94
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(illus. colour)
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The Wilkie Gift
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Paul Moorhouse, Tate Gallery Publication, 26.5.94 to 21.8.94
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(illus. colour)
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Out of the Ivory Tower
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Martin Gayford, Modern Painters, Vol 7, No 3, autumn 94
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Mother rules in the nursery
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John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph, 11.12.94
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(illus. colour)
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Inaugural speech for the opening
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John Lessore Exhibition, Solomon Gallery,
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Dr John Cooney
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Artist John Lessore and his wife Paule, talk to Dr John Cooney, at a reception in
the Solomon Gallery, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, to launch his first exhibition
in Ireland
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Irish Press, 28.2.95
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(illus. black and white)
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Tomorrow in the Irish Times: Paint in the blood
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Irish Times, 28.2.95
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(illus. black and white)
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A painter’s painter
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Feature: “Brian Fallon meets John Lessore, a figurative but not a descriptive painter”,
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Irish Times, 1.3.95
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Art Diary
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Con Power, Evening Press (Dublin), 3.3.95
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(illus. black and white)
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Superb show from Lessore,
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Brian Fallon, Irish Times, “Reviews”, 3.3.95
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Life is a painting matter
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Ciara Ferguson, Sunday Independent (Dublin), 5.3.95
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Drawing from experience
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Aidan Dunne, Social and Personal, 3.95
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(illus. colour)
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Ruben’s Landscapes
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John Lessore in conversation with Martin Gayford
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Modern Painters, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter 96
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John Lessore
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Martin Gayford, “ John Lessore, Recent Paintings”,
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Illustrated Catalogue: Theo Waddington Fine Art Ltd. 11.3.97 to 5.4.97
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Cosi rinasce la figurazione. A ritmo di danze e party
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Gabriele Magnani, Arte, 4.97
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(illus. colour)
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Incontri d’arte: John Lessore rinascimentale e moderno
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Gabriele Magnani, AD 5.97
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(illus. colour)
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Globe House
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Glenn Sujo, Andersen Consulting publication to accompany the internal exhibition
of the commissioned
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painting “Globe House” and associated drawings at Andersen Consulting, 10.97
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Corporate collecting
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Arts Review, 2.98
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(illus. black and white)
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An absolute work of art
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Sarah Richardson, Evening Standard, 23.3.98
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Introduction
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Michael Peppiatt, 8.99, illustrated catalogue,
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Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion,
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Ipswich, Suffolk.
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A new portrait of Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones
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Gallery statement and Artist’s Statement,
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National Portrait Gallery, London, 9.99
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Portrait is a site for sore eyes
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Martin Gayford, Daily Telegraph, 29.9.99
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(illus. black and white)
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Architects had cause to remember their childhoods when they were painted by John
Lessore
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The sitters’ tales, Edward Jones and Jeremy Dixon, 10.10.99
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Show which never fails to amaze
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Sonia Carvill, East Anglian Daily Times, 18.10.99
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Images of a Lifetime
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Modern Painters,Vol 12, No 4, winter 99
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Introduction
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Michael Peppiatt, 5.00 illustrated catalogue, “French Paintings”, Ranger’s House,
Blackheath, London
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Heritage works of art on show
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The Mercury (Lewisham Borough), 31.5.00
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(illus. colour)
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Sulle ali della modernità
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Gabriele Magnani, AD, 6.00
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John Lessore’s French Paintings
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Exhibitions, Annalee Mather, Evening Standard, 9-15.6.00
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Arte: Tipi da spiaggia
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Gabriele Magnani, AD, 7.00
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(illus. colour)
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John Lessore: French Paintings
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Art, Richard Dorment, Sunday Telegraph, 6.7.00
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John Lessore: French Paintings
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Art, Richard Dorment, Daily Telegraph, 8.7.00
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Paints & Brushes First
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Virginia Boston Watson, interview, Artists & Illustrators, 8.00
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(illus. Colour)
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Looking back in enchantment
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Rose Aidin, Evening Standard, 10.8.00
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Around the galleries
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The Times, 16.8.00
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Timeless appeal
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Martin Gayford, Spectator, 19.8.00
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(illus. colour)
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Artists on art: John Lessore on the Le Nain Brothers’ Four Figures at a Table (1630-39)
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Interview by Martin Gayford, Daily Telegraph, 28.10.00
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(illus. colour)
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The School of London and Their Friends
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The collection of Elaine and Melvin Merians. Patrick McCaughey 9.00
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Arte: Mediterraneo
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Gabriele Magnani, AD, 6.01
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London Paintings
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Catalogue introduction Denys J Wilcox, 4.02
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Critics’ choice, Art
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John McEwen, Sunday Telegraph, 2.6.02
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Castellani
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Martin Gayford, Spectator, 6.6.02
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Art of the community
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Cedric Porter, South London Press, 7.6.02
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Per le strade della città
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Gabriele Magnani, AD, 6.02
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Arte: Ballando, ballando
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Gabriele Magnani, AD 10.02
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First Choice
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The Times, 17.6.04
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Touchlines
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Time Out, 30.6.04
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Olympic and Paralympic coverage film shown alternate days in Trafalgar Square, London,
throughout period of games
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In Touch
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Radio 4, 6.7.04
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Olympian Art
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GALLERIES, London 7.04
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Going for Gold
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Tracey Murkett, Artists and Illustrators, 3.9.04 (October issue)
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In calendario
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Six British Paralympic Athletes AD 10.04
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George Rowlett in Conversation with John Lessore
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Interview for George Rowlett Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, London 3.05
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A certain something
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Martin Gayford Spectator, 21.5.05
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John Lessore paintings
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Bill Gregory, Seal Rocks NSW (Australia) (and quotes from other writers) 8.05
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In The Frame
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Erin O’Dwyer Telegraph, (Sydney, Australia) Sunday version, 2.10.5
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Art interaction
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Inner Western Courier (Australia), 2.10.05
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Dungeons and dreamscapes
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John McDonald, Spectrum – Visual art, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Australia), 29-30.10.05
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The Lynn Painter-Stainers’ Prize – 2006
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PHOENIX The Magazine of the Worshipful Company of Painters otherwise Painter-Stainers,
12.06
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News...Prize-Winning Stains
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The Jackdaw, 2.07
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In London |
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Conversation with
Michael Peppiatt, 1.13 illustrated catalogue, “In London”, Kings Place Gallery,
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