The spy who loved ... to paint
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From Communist spy to distinguished professor to successful painter: Lawrence Martin-Bittman's biography reads like a novel, but it's all true.
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Artist Ratan Parimoo paints his filmi version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.
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Mention of North Korea inevitably summons up images of nuclear weapons, Kim Jong-Il and starving children, but a Briton has put on display a side of the reclusive country rarely seen -- its artwork.
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Key graphics product touched up with tools to mimic oils and watercolors.
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Spy maps of Britain compiled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War contain such a wealth of information that a digital mapping firm has bought them for use by property developers.
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Scion of grocery dynasty leaves National Gallery and Tate a treasure trove of fabulous paintings
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Admirers often told Elizabeth Torak that they wished they could watch her working the brush as she developed one of her paintings.
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Many well-known writers saw painting as a relaxing pastime, in contrast to the hard work of writing.
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LOS ANGELES  - "The Painted Veil" sets a few fine actors to work with one of W. Somerset Maugham's 1920s tales of Occidentals confronting the Far East and their own tangled emotional lives.
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The popular show at the National Gallery in London stresses the artist's formative years, when he was known for his propriety and charm.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - As a Second World War spymaster, Sir William Stephenson was right at home with his life of secrecy and discretion.
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A painting of a young Sean Connery wearing only a skimpy pair of trunks has gone on show in a Scottish art gallery, revealing the James Bond star's talents even before he hit the big screen.
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BEACH REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Palestinian painter Fayez al-Hasni is in a situation most artists would envy. At 52, he has launched a genre that has brought him fame and fortune.
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A show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash invites us to reconsider the virtues of this underrated painter.
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The best of Howardâs Hodgkinâs paintings are, in a sly, almost deceptive way, what serious abstraction ought to be about.
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Hired to decorate the Senate wing of the Capitol, Constantino Brumidi dipped his paintbrushes into a rainbow of colors and directed teams of painters to create some of the most magnificent artwork in Washington.
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It's a murder mystery filled with intrigue reminiscent of the Cold War _ there's a retired Russian spy poisoned by a radioactive substance, a secret dossier, a slain investigative journalist and a shadowy ...Comment