Posts tagged letters

Magritte on Magritte: Letters Reveal Surrealist Damien Hirst

I’ve always been fascinated with Magritte, how did the man who started out painting flowers end up on the grid? Here The Guardian looks at the letters of René Magritte’s, revealing one of the most entrepreneurial of all the surrealist artists.

Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Letters

“Michelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable’s correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers have, with varying degrees of success, tried to match words to their images. But Van Gogh’s letters are the best written by any artist. Engrossing, moving, energetic and compelling, they dramatise individual genius while illuminating the creative process in general.”