The Art of Political Satire ; INSIDE STORY ++ Dave Brown Puts Politicians in the Frame - with His Cartoons That Combine Classic Paintings and Scathing Representations of Public Figures

The idea behind Rogues' Gallery is to represent one of the major political stories of the week in the guise of a famous painting. But I like to give it a twist, by turning the story around; so Goliath defeats David, for example. I studied fine art at Leeds University and got a reasonable grounding in art history there. But I've also created a database with the details of lots of paintings that might be useful for political cartoons. Sometimes I have a particular work in mind which fits the mood and then I have to come up with the joke, or it can work the other way around.

VENUS AT HER MIRROR

By Velzquez, 1644-48

I drew this in October last year. It was …

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