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  1. Freud: The Episodicist

    5/5 The author explores how Lucian Freud's ruthlessly exposed the flesh of his sitters.

  2. Oldenburg: Good Soft Fun

    4/5 Julian Barnes considers the jolly japes of pop art and what they actually achieve.

  3. Braque: The Heart of Painting

    3/5 From Paul Cezanne to Lucian Freud, the novelist Julian Barnes considers the thrill of art.

  4. Cezanne: Does an Apple Move?

    2/5 For novelist and critic Julian Barnes, modern art begins with Paul Cezanne.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 The Laughing Cavalier did not impress the young Julian Barnes.