Places of the mind : British watercolor landscapes, 1850-1950 / edited by Kim Sloan ; with essays by Jessica Feather, Anna Gruetzner Robins, Sam Smiles, Frances Carey.
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 25 cm
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the British Museum, February 23-August 27, 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-187) and index.
Summary:
Places of the Mind focuses on landscape drawing in the Victorian and Modern age, challenging the perception that the best British watercolours were produced between 1750 and 1850. Drawing on the British Museum's impressive collection, this books demonstrates the way in which artists of the later 19th and early 20th centuries drew on the tradition of renowned landscape artists Constable and Turner but developed and extended the genre, focusing on the changing nature of the British countryside during the Industrial Revolution and two world wars. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the British Museum, this book includes works by Victorian artists Sir Edward John Pointer and John Singer Sargent and by many well-known 20th-century artists, such as John and Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore, some of which have never previously been published.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.