Laura Cumming.
LAURA CUMMING: VELAZQUEZ BIOGRAPHY
THE VANISHING MAN: IN PURSUIT OF VELAZQUEZ (2016)
Winner of the 2016 James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 – 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Cumming is a British author and journalist who has worked as the art critic of the Observer, and previously for the Guardian, the New Stateman, the BBC and the Listener. Her parents are the Scottish artists James Cumming and Betty Elston.
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