Andrew Lambirth

Spanish encounter

<em>Andrew Lambirth</em> finds a few gems in the British Museum’s exhibition and discovers what Royal Academicians are up to

issue 03 November 2012

Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain opens well with a superb drawing by Zurbarán, ‘Head of a Monk’, and a Goya lithograph, ‘The Bulls of Bordeaux’. After that, turn left into the main print room and the disappointment starts. Have you ever wondered why we are not familiar with more Spanish artists than the few great names?

On the evidence of this exhibition the answer is clear.

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