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.

• 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

'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

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.

• 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

'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

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.

• 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

'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