LONDON.- Paul
Gauguin’s, “Nevermore”, 1897, which is on display at The Courtauld
Gallery, was chosen by artist and broadcaster Matthew Collings, and was selected
from a list of five works chosen by well known public figures. The
other selected artworks were Titian’s “Bacchus and Ariadne”, selected by writer
and broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon; Jan Van Eyck’s “The Arnolfini Portrait”,
chosen by artist Grayson Perry; Nicolas Poussin’s “Rinaldo and Armida”, chosen
by writer, critic and professor of literature at University of Essex, Marina
Warner; and Peploe’s “Roses”, chosen by presenter and Art Fund Prize chair of
the judges, Kirsty Young.