The Spectator, July 26th, 2003
Exhibitions Moments of the supernatural Laura Gascoigne Painting Light: Italian Divisionism 1885-1910 Estorick Collection, until 7 September Italian light has inspired more painters than any other. For four centuries after Piero della Francesca first captured its luminosity in paint, European artists scoured the country with pochade boxes hoping they too could trap some of its magic. Their efforts lit the way to Impressionism, which eventually turned the spotlight onto France. But it flickered hack over Italy in the 1880s when a group of Italian painters inspired by Seurat launched Divisi...
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