Books You've Never Read

Bouguereau in Pompeii

The Painter's Debt to Antiquity

Apr 17 • Andrew Rickard

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March 2026

Drawing From Life

Lovis Corinth's approach to the nude figure

Mar 20 • Andrew Rickard

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The Second Battle of the Aisne

Rudolf Koch's company is cut off, and the situation seems hopeless.

Mar 6 • Andrew Rickard

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February 2026

Some Minor Soiling and Shelf Wear

Jules Janin (1804–1874) on buying used books

Feb 26 • Andrew Rickard

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A Great Painter's Art Lessons, in English After a Century

The first English translation of Lovis Corinth's handbook for art students, Das Erlernen der Malerei. Lessons on drawing and painting from a German…

Feb 18 • Andrew Rickard

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Brazen Crimes

When currencies lose their value, parks lose statues

Feb 4 • Andrew Rickard

6

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January 2026

Everyone Does This Sort of Thing

Baudelaire was a noisy neighbour

Jan 22 • Andrew Rickard

10

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Why Translate?

Anecdotes and aphorisms by Carlos Batista

Jan 15 • Andrew Rickard

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The Weimar Stock Market

People speculated on everything...

Jan 9 • Andrew Rickard

6

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December 2025

The Windows and the Stars Illumined

The Parisian sky at night, as it must have appeared to Baudelaire

Dec 18, 2025 • Andrew Rickard

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The Memory of it Weighs Heavily Upon Me

Rudolf Koch endures a brief episode of shell shock, and fires on a French position

Dec 11, 2025 • Andrew Rickard

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November 2025

Misery and Indignity

Koch's comrade finds it hard to believe that he is a type designer

Nov 26, 2025 • Andrew Rickard

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