Laura Cumming.
LAURA CUMMING
ON chapel sands: MY MOTHER AND OTHER MISSING PERSONS (2019)
Shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize.
Uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance for five days as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Cumming has been the art critic of the Observer since 1999. After studying literature at university she moved to London in her early twenties, working in publishing then in journalism. She has also published a highly regarded biography of the painter Velasquez. Brought up in Scotland, she is the daughter of the artists James Cumming and Betty Elston.
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ALSO BY LAURA CUMMING
Cumming, Laura. Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez.