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Philip Troutman obiturary by Nigel Gendinning  |
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The Times Literary Supplement, 09. 04. 04 |
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"This most welcome book, an English translation of all Goya's known writings in letters and official documents, includes correspondence and diary jottings, invoices and memoranda that span more than half a century, from 1771 to the artist's death in 1828, and provide fascinating insights into his personality and artistic intentions….An accurate yet lively and enjoyable English translation of this rich vein of original material was the dream of Philip Troutman,( link to obituary of Philip Troutman by Nigel Glendinning) a brilliant teacher, former curator of the Courtauld Institute Galleries, and devotee of Spain and its culture. Troutman redrafted his translations during the last years of his life, but died in 1999 before he could complete them for publication. This task was undertaken by Sarah Symmons, a one-time student of Troutman's and author of publications on Goya and aspects of Spanish art.…Sarah Symmons has carried forward a historically and linguistically correct interpretation of the texts, in an English-language style that faithfully reflects the artist's inimitable way of expressing himself. She has succeeded admirably…Besides entertaining the general reader, the text will be a boon to scholars, and a lasting tribute…to Goya's life and art." |
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The Guardian, 28. 02. 04 |
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" Goya...was an inveterate doodler...there is a caricature of the artist himself with prognathous jaw, there is a dog at a picnic....Symmons's excellent introductory chapters...[show] Goya's most expressive letters are those to his childhood friend Martin Zapater, the rhetoric of which is conducted at an almost romantic heat "
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Scotland on Sunday, 21.03.04 |
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"Ranging from the formal to the scatological, this important collection of Goya's correspondence allows a glimpse into his public and private life. Although Goya became deaf in the mid 1790s, it seems that letter-writing was always nigh-one a necessity, and the ribald banter with his friend Martin Zapater is the amusing highlight of this collection." |
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Everything Spain , May 2004 |
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"This compendium of letters, translated for the first time into English, sheds light on Goya's very unusual life…Laden with wit, Goya's humour really shines through in this collection of letters." |
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