Seen it all before Black & White he was the art critic

he was the art critic of the Glasgow Herald

A window on the Paris theatres between the wars that hadn’t changed much since Lautrec’s day

From the shop signs emerged the paintings

We’ve had works from this period before in the retrospectives held after Gordon’s death but they are a rare find and it is a pleasure to see one of this quality in the gallery again

They began a long affair

Seen it all before Black & White he was the art criticI really ought to be offering a best caption prize for this one. A complete mystery to me, this has the essence of a book cover only really making sense in the context of the title and narrative within. Despite that, it is a wonderful painting, a bit of Euston Road, a bit of Camden Town, and the priceless seen it all before amused expres sion on the maids face.