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Rubens and his legacy royal academy

PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:33 pm
by jasperjoffe
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/rubens-and-his-legacy

There's the rub. A Rubens show without many good Rubens. Though first in show goes to Rubens' seventeen studies of dancing peasants
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But the rest is a sort of group show loosely tied round some mediocre Rubensss. Notwithstanding that it's actually most enjoyable, a great Fragonard drawing here, a lovely Watteau there, even a Cezanne to liven things up. And in one room bravely Jenny Savile has found some modern stuff to show her stuffy drawing with.