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A Day in the Sun: Outdoor Pursuits in the Art of the 1930s
Timothy Wilcox
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Description for A Day in the Sun: Outdoor Pursuits in the Art of the 1930s
Hardcover. Focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. This title reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public. Num Pages: 112 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; AFC; AGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
This ground-breaking exhibition focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. It reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public. Their crisp, realist style was one which enjoyed a vogue across Europe, and has been explored in a number of recent exhibitions on the Continent, but the full extent of the movement has never been investigated in its British context. The artists include Stanley Spencer and William Roberts, ... Read more
This ground-breaking exhibition focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. It reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public. Their crisp, realist style was one which enjoyed a vogue across Europe, and has been explored in a number of recent exhibitions on the Continent, but the full extent of the movement has never been investigated in its British context. The artists include Stanley Spencer and William Roberts, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856676192
SKU
V9780856676192
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About Timothy Wilcox
Timothy Wilcox has worked as a curator at the Walker Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Hove Museum and Art Gallery and the British Museum. Now an independent curator, he teaches at the University of Surrey and is a regular lecturer at Cambridge International Summer School. He is the author of Frances Towne (1997) and of The Triumph of ... Read more
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