Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art becomes an unexpected armchair detective

becomes an unexpected armchair detective

To fill this critical gap

brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West

Petey confronts his not so purr-fect past

Teddy is torn

Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art becomes an unexpected armchair detectiveWinner of the Apollo Book of the Year Award 2024 Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has practised drawing whether on papyrus, parchment, or paper. Artists throughout history have used drawing as