True to Life: British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s - Softcover

Patrick Elliott; Sacha Llewellyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911054058 ISBN 13: 9781911054054

Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland, 2017

Synopsis

• Accompanies an exhibition to be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh from 1 July to 29 October 2017
• This is the only book of its kind, giving an overview of British realist art from the 1920s and 1930s

British realist art of the 1920s and 1930s is visually stunning - strong, seductive and demonstrating extraordinary technical skill. Despite this, it is often overshadowed by abstract art. This book presents the very first overview of British realist painting of the period, showcasing outstanding works from private and public collections across the UK. Of the forty artists featured in the show, many were major figures in the 1920s and 1930s but later passed out of fashion as abstraction and Pop Art became the dominant trends in the post-war years. In the last decade their work has re-emerged and interest in them has grown. Interwar realist art embraces a number of different styles, but is characterised by fine drawing, meticulous craftsmanship, a tendency towards classicism and an aversion to impressionism and visible brushwork. Artists such as Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, Meredith Frampton, James Cowie and Winifred Knights combine fastidious Old Master detail with 1920s modernity. Stanley Spencer spans various camps while Lucian Freud's early work can be seen as a realist coda which continued into the 1940s and beyond. Featuring many Scottish and women artists, this book promises a fascinating insight into this captivating period of British art.

Exhibition to be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh from 1 July to 29 October 2017.

About this title

Product Description:

Book is in very good condition; crisp, clean and very lightly read.

Review:

In Britain, where public and critics alike had anyway largely resisted continental modernism, the reaction seems to have been more clear cut than abroad, particularly in the decade of the 1920s.The result was a vigorous development of what for convenience can be called Realist painting.A new exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 'True to Life: British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s' charts this development, showing its extraordinary range and variety. --RA Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1911054058
• ISBN 13: 9781911054054
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144