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Comment on JOHN CRAXTON: an answer to William Feaver by Diana

Diana — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:33:07 +0000

Similarly I had never heard of Craxton until I walked into the John Craxton room at the Tate. I was bowled over: I left the Tate with a huge smile on my face, and feeling very excited , so much so that I urged all my art loving friends to rush to the Tate to see these joyful, exciting paintings. Unfortunately the exhibition was on for such a short time, that many people did not get a chance to see it. I have since bought the Ian Collins book, and Craxton is coming alive. I love all his jokes and puns. I have not read Willaim Feaver. Freud is such a different kettle of fish that perhaps comparisons as the old saying goes are odious. Enough.

Comment on 6. The Mountains of Greece: updates by Tim Salmon

Tim Salmon — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:54:11 +0000

Not completely a non-local. I have been in and out of Greece since 1958, lived there for many years, was married to a Greek… But thanks for your message.
Tim

Comment on 6. The Mountains of Greece: updates by Paul

Paul — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:51:50 +0000

Being a mountaineer for 25 years in Greece I must appreciate the fact that a non local hiker has come across the wild outdoors of Greece and also has kept an interesting track log of where and how.
Keep up the good work Timothy.

Comment on JOHN CRAXTON: an answer to William Feaver by nigel Waller

nigel Waller — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:07:22 +0000

I’ve liked Freud’s work for years now. A lot of great art has been made from what was in front of the artist at the time.
The other day I had the pleasant surprise of walking into the John Craxton room at the Tate Britain. I had never heard of him. I spent some delightful happy instructive time there, (despite having already seen the Vorticist exhibition and one other exhibit and hence possible mental overload!)

Feuds feuds! The world is full of them and the Art world is no exception!
Loved the “art failure comment though!

Comment on JOHN CRAXTON: an answer to William Feaver by Rhoda Koenig

Rhoda Koenig — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:39:24 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. This is a lovely book, and I wrote to the author after reading it to tell him so. The Feaver review was breathtaking in its smug nastiness and triviality.

Comment on John Craxton, painter and friend by Harry Cayton

Harry Cayton — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:01:30 +0000

Dear Mr Salmon,

I have just read your beautiful, humane tribute to John Craxton. I’ve loved his art for years; your insight about the man is a gift.
Thank you

Comment on Schizophrenia: Who Cares? by Tim Salmon

Tim Salmon — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:50:36 +0000

Thanks for contacting me. The Royal College of Psy is going to run a review; I don’t yet know the date.

Comment on John Craxton, painter and friend by Julia Davies

Julia Davies — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:35:45 +0000

I hope you don’t mind me leaving my comment in this section but I couldn’t find anything relating to schizophrenia on your blog. I listened to your interview on All in the Mind yesterday evening and I was so struck by the similarity in your story to ours that I just had to contact you. As you have done, we struggled for years to get our son’s illness recognised, diagnosed and then properly treated. The fact that we could see dramatic changes in our son’s character counted for nothing when dealing with the “professionals”. I was called an “over-caring mother” and told to “lay off” our son. The impact of the illness on our son’s life and our own has been terrible. Like you, we could not turn our back on him although we were told to do this on more than one occasion. I now know what “unconditional love” means. Our son does now have a reasonable quality life and his current MH team is very good. He lives near us and we see him regularly. However, his younger brother’s imminent marriage can only highlight for him his own situation. I look forward to reading your book. Thank you for allowing me to comment.