Maggi Hambling
Maggi Hambling chooses Cy Twombly's Bacchus paintings
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Works include Scallop (Aldeburgh Beach), A Conversation with Oscar Wilde (Charring Cross London) and The Winchester Tapestries (Winchester Cathedral). Awarded CBE in 2010.
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Bacchus paintings by Cy Twombly
Maggi Hambling chooses a series of eight paintings by the American artist Cy Twombly (1928 - 2011) on the subject of Bacchus. Three of the paintings are on show at Tate Modern.
Maggi Hambling portrait photos: credit Jens Marott
Painting (below): Untitled V, from Bacchus Series, 2005 © Cy Twombly Foundation
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Artist Tactita Dean and Tate Modern curator Nicholas Cullinan pay tribute to Cy Twombly.
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From Night Waves 15 Apr 2004 on Radio 3
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Maggi Hambling, a Downton Abbey devotee, defends the show against charges of historical inaccuracy by Tony Jackson, former editor of The Shooting Times.
From The World at One 15 Dec 2011 on Radio 4
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Woman's Hour: Jenni Murray talks to Maggi Hambling about the Easter images she makes every year in memory of her mother.
