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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791326603321

Autore

Rosenthal T. G

Titolo

On art and artists : selected essays / / T.G. Rosenthal ; with a foreword by William Boyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Unicorn Press Limited, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-906509-85-9

1-906509-84-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoydWilliam

Disciplina

238

Soggetti

Art, Modern - 20th century - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; On Art and Artists; Michael Ayrton; Arthur Boyd; Ivon Hitchens; Thelma Hulbert; Wyndham Lewis's Rationbook; Lowry in Person; Benjamin Britten, Sydney Nolan and Patrick White; Paula Rego I; Paul Rego II; The Paintings of August Strindberg; Jack B. Yeats; Walter and Eva Neurath; On Anti-Semitism in Britain; Matthew Hodgart

Sommario/riassunto

These critical essays on art and artists by T.G. Rosenthal, chosen by the author from his considerable output over more than fifty years of writing and reviewing, focus mainly on what has come to be known as 'Modern British' art - art from the 20th century. Rosenthal knew many of his subjects personally and some became friends: Michael Ayrton; Arthur Boyd; Ivon Hitchens; Thelma Hulbert; L. S. Lowry; Sidney Nolan; Paula Rego. There are also essays on Wyndham Lewis, Jack B. Yeats and the paint...