Richard Canning
Passing On
Drawing to a Close: The Final Journals of Keith Vaughan
By Gerard Hastings
Sansom and Company 208pp £40 order from our bookshop
Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946–1977 – A Commentary and a Catalogue Raisonné
By Anthony Hepworth and Ian Massey
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Keith Vaughan
By Philip Vann & Gerard Hastings
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The reputation of the artist Keith Vaughan, who would have celebrated his hundredth birthday last year, may have dramatically declined since his suicide in 1977. However, his centenary saw conspicuous rehabilitation, with a major retrospective at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which was followed by two London shows and the publication of these three excellent, complementary volumes.
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