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Published by National Portrait Gallery, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 185514347XISBN 13: 9781855143470
Seller: David Bunnett Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
SOFTCOVER. 1st Edition. Large heavy Quarto size (4to). in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 176pp, colour plates, etc CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread and unmarked copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges) ] __NOTE Due to size, weight or for insurance purposes delivery to some destinations outside the UK may cost more than the shipping price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost._ __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
Published by National Portrait Gallery, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 185514347XISBN 13: 9781855143470
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Paperback. Condition: Fine. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 28 cm. Accompanies a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 October 2004 to 9 January 2005. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Barbara Bryant on the title page in the year of publication, no dedication. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated survey of the Victorian painter George Frederick Watts (1817-1904), with many colour plates of his portraits. Sitters include poet Alfred Tennyson, Ellen Terry, aristocracy. Size: 4to. SIGNED. Collectible.
Published by -National Portrait Gallery Publications 29 Oct -, 2004
Seller: Paul Brown, Ramsgate, United Kingdom
Exhibition catalogue. 280x240mm 176 pages. Illustrated. Softback. Fine. As one of the great portrait painters of the nineteenth century, George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) is best known for his 'Hall of Fame' series showing the noted contemporaries of his day. This series forms the cornerstone of the National Portrait Gallery's collection in London, but the wider importance of Watts's portraiture has never been fully appreciated since many works are in private collections and some have never been published. Timed to coincide with the centenary of his death, this book is the first major study of this aspect of Watts's work and provides a unique opportunity to see many of the artist's grand full-lengths, often strikingly beautiful and most hardly known, as well as the wide range of his portraits, from society beauties to eminent Victorians, dating from the 1840s to the end of the century. Watts was one of the celebrities of Victorian London, counting Tennyson, Ruskin, the Pre-Raphaelite artists and pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron among his friends. Much interviewed and honoured, he fostered his own renown and participated in the creation of a considerable international reputation. Such a modern notion of the artist's public image is familiar to us today, but Watts forged this role for himself in the interest of promoting his serious and high-minded art, which crucially included his portraiture. This handsome catalogue illustrates and describes over sixty works by Watts, some seen for the first time. The Poet Laureate Andrew Motion gives a fascinating account of his experience of the artist's work in the introduction and Barbara Bryant's text offers a wider view, exploring Watts's entire career through his portraiture. The book presents new perspectives on Watts as an innovative artist aware of the traditions in portraiture yet also keenly alert to new artistic developments like Pre-raphaelitism and Symbolism. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc., with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with 30 years experience and a real-life bookshop. You may order with confidence.