Only after the traditional Grand Tour was cut short by Napoleon did a British painter make true masterpieces from his love of Italy. (theguardian.com)
Built up of clusters and layers of short, tactilely rich, and varied strokes applied to the canvas at close range such that the artist could not readily assess their cumulative effect until he stepped back after an extended work session, these first true masterpieces by Guston translate the rigid, spare, fragmented grids of Piet Mondrian's «plus / minus» paintings into the still - developing gestural idiom of the New York School. (nybooks.com)
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