We have lost two great artists in the last week – Lucian Freud and Amy Winehouse. I’m not that big on portrait painting generally but Freud’s were always more interesting than any others that I know of. He painted a controversial picture of the Queen in recent years although as most of his portraits were nudes she probably got off lightly. Amy’s death was predictable of course, but no less tragic for that. She joins ‘The 27 Club’ of great musicians who have died at that age – Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson – good company but best avoided if possible.
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