John Spurling

‘Overhang’ by Julian Cooper

In tune with nature

29 March 2014 9:00 am

Like most ambitious artists, Julian Cooper has been pulled this way and that by seemingly conflicting influences. The son and…

Detail from ‘Saying Farewell at Xunyang’, 16th century, by Qiu Ying

Smouldering addiction

9 November 2013 9:00 am

My addiction to Chinese landscape painting began in 1965 at the V&A, in a travelling exhibition of the Crawford Collection…