This account of the turbulent life of this extraordinary artist with his penetrating portrait studies of Spanish Bourbon royalty and terrifying etchings and paintings of the effects of Napoleon's invasion of Spain in his series 'Disasters of War' who became totally deaf at 46 years, is made more poignant by Hughes' own near fatal car accident which painfully crippled him. Very well illustrated, it makes you want to fly to Madrid and the Prado pronto.
(James Baker - bwl 27 December 2004 ) |
