Euan Uglow: The Complete Paintings - Hardcover

Kendall, Richard; Lampert, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300123493 ISBN 13: 9780300123494

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2007

Synopsis

British artist Euan Uglow (1932-2000) maintained a lower profile than others of his generation, yet his beautiful, intelligent, humane, and often witty landscapes, still lifes, and figure studies are today gaining the recognition they so clearly deserve. Many critics and admirers now consider Uglow one of Britain's greatest post-war artists. This is the first book devoted to Uglow and his oeuvre. Richard Kendall's essay explores Uglow's fundamental attitudes, beliefs, and processes in the years 1950 to 1970, and Catherine Lampert looks at the content and personal nature of the artist's paintings over a lifetime, emphasizing his growing attention to color and light. The volume reproduces every known oil painting by Uglow-a total of more than 400 works--some 80 of which are here reproduced for the first time. In addition to a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history for each work, the catalogue entries provide many other details and illuminating notes, including the artist's own observations.

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Review:

"A catalogue raisonne may sound daunting, but this is anything but a dry book. It displays the variety of Uglow's output: holiday landscapes, holiday nudes, small rough pictures, a handful of 'autobiographical' ones, which reveal unexpected sides to the tortured perfectionist we are more familiar with." -- The Spectator, September 8, 2007

'This is the first book devoted to Uglow and his oeuvre...Lampert looks at the content and personal nature of the artist's paintings over a lifetime, emphasizing his growing attention to color and light.' -- Pallant House Gallery Magazine, September 2007

...scrupulous and immensely informative...Even in the form of the
excellent colour reproductions in the book you can sense the glow of the
paint and the sensual warmth of the engagement with the subject. -- The Independent on Sunday, May 27, 2007

The arrival of Catherine Lampert's new catalogue raisonne of
Uglow's work whose exemplary texts (perceptive, lucid, factual, crisply
written) reveal the richness and significance of his painting, has rendered
his neglect inexcusable. -- RA Magazine, Summer 2007

`The book is excellent, a model, the balance of text and catalogue perfection, the illustrations as truthful as can be...' -- Brian Sewell, Evening Standard, 10 August 2007

Synopsis:

Never particularly keen on exhibiting his work, British artist Euan Uglow (1932-2000) maintained a lower profile than other artists of his generation and kept many of his paintings out of the public view. Even so, his name is increasingly well known, and his beautiful, intelligent, humane and often witty landscapes, still lifes and figure studies are gaining the recognition they deserve. Appreciative critics are now joined by growing numbers of admirers who consider Uglow one of Britain's greatest post-war artists. This is the first book to examine Uglow's entire output in paintings. Richard Kendall's essay explores the formation of Uglow's fundamental attitudes, beliefs, and processes in the years 1950 to 1970, and Catherine Lampert looks at the content and personal nature of the artist's paintings over a lifetime, emphasizing especially his growing attention to colour and light. The volume reproduces every known oil painting by Uglow - a total of more than 400 works, some 80 of which are here reproduced for the first time.

In addition to a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history for each work, the catalogue entries provide many other details and illuminating notes about the paintings, including the artist's own observations and the recollections of models, friends and critics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300123493
• ISBN 13: 9780300123494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320