There are no rules, and even less justice. Death takes everyone
without discrimination. Sometimes it is accidental - like
Signorelli, who fell from scaffolding. Sometimes it is expected, as
with the diabetic Cezanne, who wrote "I am old, sick, and I swore
to die while painting". But often, researching a painter's death is
an easier task than determining which of their works is truly their
'last'. Paintings tend to be dated by year and not month, inciting
much debate among art historians. This book embraces this
ambiguity, studying 100 examples of works that lay completed for
several years, or were left unfinished on the easel, or were
finished post-mortem by a friend's grieving hand. The Last Painting
collects 100 terminal paintings from 100 artists, including Dali,
Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Goya, Pollock, Rembrandt, Dix,
Bonnard, Titien, and many more. Each picture gives us a glimpse
into the painter's mind. Did they know death was coming? Did they
paint with denial, or acceptance? Did they return to a favourite
subject, or decide to embark on a new, original project while they
still had time? A poetic and thought-provoking book, The Last
Painting is a sensitive exploration of the relationship between art
and death.
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