Bridget Riley: Arcadia (National Gallery London): Paintings and Related Work (National Gallery London Publications) - Softcover

Colin Wiggins; Marla Prather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857094972 ISBN 13: 9781857094978

Publisher: National Gallery London, 2010

Synopsis

For 50 years Bridget Riley has been regarded as Britain's most important abstract painter, renowned for her large abstract paintings, with their complex, repetitive geometric shapes and undulating linear patterns. Given the graphic nature of these works, it is fascinating to discover that Riley sees her decidedly modern paintings as following in an Old Master pictorial tradition. This affinity stems from her lifelong passion for paintings in the National Gallery, London, with which she has a long association: first as a young student and copyist and later as a Trustee. Riley was honoured with an exhibition, 'The Artists Eye', in 1989. 'Bridget Riley: Arcadia' will mark the artist's long engagement with the National Gallery. Colin Wiggins explains with great clarity and enthusiasm how the fluid lines of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, together with their palette of ochres, salmon, greens and light blues translate into the abstracted shapes that appear in Riley's paintings. Marla Prather looks at how the techniques and methods of modern masters such as Cézanne, Seurat and Matisse also act as an important influence in her paintings. This catalogue accompanies the National Gallery exhibition 'Bridget Riley: Arcadia' which opens on 16 November 2010.

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About the Author

Colin Wiggins is Head of Education at The National Gallery, London. Previous publications include 'The Hoerengracht: Kienholz at the National Gallery' and 'Ron Mueck'. Marla Prather is Curator of Twentieth Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857094972
• ISBN 13: 9781857094978
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78