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Editorial: Creating an impression

Monet was not the first artist to claim that he never drew. Giorgione, Titian, Caravaggio and countless other ‘painter’s painters’ have said the same, although art historians have subsequently found...

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Creating an impression

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Divine inspiration
Fair trade
The mouse that roared
Enduring visions
Jewels in the crown
Last laugh
New horizons

Features

Monet
Debra Mancoff finds that Monet turned adversity to advantage, when he used pastels to capture the subtle colour of the London fog

Drawing the line
Scott Reyburn looks at the original print revival in 1890s Paris, discovering how Monet and his contemporaries applied its creative potential

From Rousseau to Romantic
Desmond Shawe-Taylor contrasts portraits before and after the French revolution, to give us a snapshot of changing lifestyles and fashions

Face facts
Martin Gayford interviews Humphrey Ocean RA, and discovers that portraits can reveal truths about the artist as much as the sitter

Tour de force
Rod Mengham discusses Anselm Kiefer's towers in the RA Courtyard and his paintings at the White Cube, noting the rich layers of symbolism

Books and comment

Eye-spy
Crowd-pleasers

Academy

Home is where the art is
Charmed life: John Craxton RA

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Hot off the press - Hockney for Christmas

The RA's major exhibition 'David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture' is only weeks away and the exhibition's catalogue is currently in production. In the meantime, these two new Hockney books are hot off the press just in time for Christmas (and would make perfect stocking fillers).

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