The detail in this week's Competition has appeared previously. Those with longish memories will remember it, no doubt. However, it is a different crop from the one published the first time round.
To my knowledge, Tom Lubbock deliberately re-presented the same painting and artist only in his Christmas Competitions. This seemed to be a kind of recognition of the regular contributors, a reward for their long service and perhaps to give them a slight edge over the once a year competitors who were more interested in a crate of champagne than European paintings. A Details Competition is for Life, not just for Christmas.
I say "deliberately re-presented" the same picture and artist, as he once or twice made an error by doing so in the weekly competition towards the end of his life.
The painting was by John Byam Liston Shaw, titled The Boer War "Last Summer things were Greener". Details 1014.
On another point, you may be interested in Tom Lubbock's website where you can find links to his articles. There are plenty there to keep you company, although the hosting website that is referenced,
http://journalisted.com/tom-lubbock?allarticles=yes
is no longer funded. I found that a small percentage of the links to some of Tom Lubbock's articles do not work. Nearly all are from the Independent's archive.
You can also find Tom Lubbock's collages on the site.
http://tomlubbock.com/journalism.html
To my knowledge, Tom Lubbock deliberately re-presented the same painting and artist only in his Christmas Competitions. This seemed to be a kind of recognition of the regular contributors, a reward for their long service and perhaps to give them a slight edge over the once a year competitors who were more interested in a crate of champagne than European paintings. A Details Competition is for Life, not just for Christmas.
I say "deliberately re-presented" the same picture and artist, as he once or twice made an error by doing so in the weekly competition towards the end of his life.
The painting was by John Byam Liston Shaw, titled The Boer War "Last Summer things were Greener". Details 1014.
On another point, you may be interested in Tom Lubbock's website where you can find links to his articles. There are plenty there to keep you company, although the hosting website that is referenced,
http://journalisted.com/tom-lubbock?allarticles=yes
is no longer funded. I found that a small percentage of the links to some of Tom Lubbock's articles do not work. Nearly all are from the Independent's archive.
You can also find Tom Lubbock's collages on the site.
http://tomlubbock.com/journalism.html
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