ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Julian Bell is a respected painter living in Lewes, Sussex. Besides painting, he writes about art for various publications, including the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian. He has also written several books, and brings an inside knowledge of the technical and mental processes involved in image-making to his masterly Mirror of the World: A New History of Art (Thames & Hudson, 2007). He has held teaching posts in London at Goldsmiths, Camberwell College of Arts, the City & Guilds of London Art School and the Royal Drawing School.