The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920
by Stewart, Bryan and Mervyn Cutten
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 1851491732
- ISBN 13
- 9781851491735
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Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG. Blue cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with cream lettering. 502 pp. 76 color and 340 BW illustrations. To appreciate the phenomenon one only has to attend a standard auction sale of British paintings where as many as a third of the items are portraits. Moreover there are galleries devoted exclusively to portraiture in London, Edinburgh and Dublin - an indication of an enthusiasm for the subject unmatched anywhere else in the world. This seemingly unquenchable thirst for portraits of individuals, families and friends has meant that for over four hundred years, native-born portrait artists have been joined by their foreign-born colleagues, attracted to these isles by the vast number of commissions available. Yet, ironically, most general art historical dictionaries give scant coverage to the many men and women who specialised in what is arguably the most difficult of all subject matter to paint. Attention has been focused on court painters and a favoured few, rarely if ever on the full spectrum of the profession with its wealth of talent. This dictionary redresses the balance. -Amazon.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170277
- Title
- The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920
- Author
- Stewart, Bryan and Mervyn Cutten
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1851491732
- ISBN 13
- 9781851491735
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors' Club
- Place of Publication
- Woodbridge
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- European Art, Portrait Painting, British Artists ; British Portrait Painters ; ;
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