Later Tate director also made a good impression as an artist early on

If this painting of a farmhouse in Brittany seems reminiscent of a piece of French Impressionism, that’s probably no coincidence.

The 7½ x 11in (19 x 28cm) oil on panel was by James Bolivar Manson (1879-1945), a painter who was …

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