Close: Drawn Portraits a remarkable exhibition presented at the Drawing Room in London thanks to The Tavolozza Foundation, remains on view until 3^rd February 2019. The exhibition features some of the most significant artists and reveals intrinsic understanding of representation through drawing.

Using clear and assertive lines, Picasso and Freud capture a posed subject. Portraits of family members by Cézanne, Auerbach and Goodwin convey the sense of an intimately unfolding experience through multiple pencil or charcoal traits. In self-portraits by Maria Lassnig’s vibrant colours reflect psychological feelings and bodily landscapes.

The full list of artists on view is very prestigious. It features Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Barbara Hepworth, Frank Auerbach, Paul Cézanne, Lucian Freud, Pablo Picasso, Paula Rego among many other luminaries.

Image: Pablo Picasso, Tête, 2 March 1943. Pen and ink on paper, 65.5 x 51cm, Courtesy Omer Tiroche