BOSCH

Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) remains an enigma today, it is little wonder. Even his contemporaries found the Netherlandish painter's work difficult to Decipher - and it still presents riddles to contemporary art historians. Part of the problem in decoding his shocking and richly allegorical paintings is that virtually nothing is known of the artist himself, apart from his birthplace. There isno record of his life or training, no personal letters, diaries or notebooks, and no contemporary insights into his personality or thoughts on th...[Read more]