Christopher Neve is a painter and writer. He is the author of several books and articles. His book Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in 20th-century British Painting (1990, 2020), arose out of long talks with his friend Ben Nicholson and other artists, and is published by Thames and Hudson.

'It is rare indeed to encounter a book about art which is itself a work of art… Christopher Neve’s Immortal Thoughts is a direct and conscious attempt to distil, by a passionate engagement with the work of eighteen artists, the essence of art itself' - John Banville, New Statesman

• Introduction Cézanne. Last watercoloursBonnard’s Last Four PaintingsTitianMichelangelo’s Last Five DrawingsSculptors’ Drawings SPRINGRembrandt and Suffering Frans Hals. Last PaintingCamille Pissarro at a WindowAbsence. (Gwen John) EARLY SUMMERClaude, Poussin and TimeGoyaVelasquez. Las Meninas A Footnote about El GrecoMorandi Chardin Constable HIGH SUMMERDaumier. On Not Finishing LATE SUMMERRouaultSoutine WINTER

Christopher Neve is a painter and writer. He is the author of several books and articles. His book Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in 20th-century British Painting (1990, 2020), arose out of long talks with his friend Ben Nicholson and other artists, and is published by Thames and Hudson.

'It is rare indeed to encounter a book about art which is itself a work of art… Christopher Neve’s Immortal Thoughts is a direct and conscious attempt to distil, by a passionate engagement with the work of eighteen artists, the essence of art itself' - John Banville, New Statesman

• Introduction Cézanne. Last watercoloursBonnard’s Last Four PaintingsTitianMichelangelo’s Last Five DrawingsSculptors’ Drawings SPRINGRembrandt and Suffering Frans Hals. Last PaintingCamille Pissarro at a WindowAbsence. (Gwen John) EARLY SUMMERClaude, Poussin and TimeGoyaVelasquez. Las Meninas A Footnote about El GrecoMorandi Chardin Constable HIGH SUMMERDaumier. On Not Finishing LATE SUMMERRouaultSoutine WINTER

Christopher Neve is a painter and writer. He is the author of several books and articles. His book Unquiet Landscape: Places and Ideas in 20th-century British Painting (1990, 2020), arose out of long talks with his friend Ben Nicholson and other artists, and is published by Thames and Hudson.

'It is rare indeed to encounter a book about art which is itself a work of art… Christopher Neve’s Immortal Thoughts is a direct and conscious attempt to distil, by a passionate engagement with the work of eighteen artists, the essence of art itself' - John Banville, New Statesman

• Introduction Cézanne. Last watercoloursBonnard’s Last Four PaintingsTitianMichelangelo’s Last Five DrawingsSculptors’ Drawings SPRINGRembrandt and Suffering Frans Hals. Last PaintingCamille Pissarro at a WindowAbsence. (Gwen John) EARLY SUMMERClaude, Poussin and TimeGoyaVelasquez. Las Meninas A Footnote about El GrecoMorandi Chardin Constable HIGH SUMMERDaumier. On Not Finishing LATE SUMMERRouaultSoutine WINTER