Handbook of Modern British Painting and Printmaking, 1900-1990 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Handbook of Modern British Painting and Printmaking 1900-1990 has been designed for people who enjoy, study and buy British art. The only portable dictionary-style guide to the life and work of modern British painters and printmakers, the book provides information on some 2,000 artists, as well as entries on schools of art, on museums, galleries and collections, on societies and groups, and critics and patrons who have influenced the development of modern art in Britain. Artists are included if they (at one end of the timescale) had finished their training by 1900, and were truly beginning their professional career in the twentieth century, and (at the other end of the timescale) had established themselves professionally on the national scene by 1990. If the artist was foreign born, he or she is included if they resided in Britain, and exhibited or worked here long enough for their presence to be of significance for British art.
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This updated edition expands the dictionary style guide to the life and works of modern British artists and key elements in their milieu: from Douglas Abercrombie (contemporary painter of abstracts), to Zwemmer Gallery (annex to the Charing Cross Road art bookshop and publishers). Alas, only cover art is included. A companion volume, the Handbook of Modern British Sculpture is forthcoming from Ashgate. First published as the Handbook of Modern British Painting, 1900-1980 (Scolar Press, 1992). No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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