As one of the leading critical voices on art of the postwar years, polymath Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991) combined a passion for close visual involvement with formidable literary skills. Edited by art historian Sarah Whitfield, four decades of Gowing’s writing are brought together for the first time in this volume, covering subjects from the Old Masters to Francis Bacon and Howard Hodgkin. Having first gained success as a painter, Gowing's 1952 monograph on Vermeer brought him early recognition as a writer with the ability to combine aesthetic experience with a meticulous historical perspective. Gowing’s foremost commitment was to the pioneering painters of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, notably Paul CĂ©zanne and Henri Matisse. The exhibitions he curated at the Tate and Museum of Modern Art famously helped to mould and reshape public perceptions. Characterised by a desire to instruct and encourage, his writing reflects a highly successful career as a curator and teacher.
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Four decades of writings by Lawrence Gowing, one of the leading critical voices on art in the postwar years, covering subjects from the Old Masters to Francis Bacon and Howard Hodgkin.
Preface · sarah whitfield 9 Writers on Art Monument of Criticism 27 Mr Berenson’s Venice 29 Berenson 33 Mind the Paintwork 37 History and Faith 42 Spellbinder 47 Art Before 1900 Mantegna 55 Brueghel’s World 61 The Solemnity of Martyrs 85 Roman Paroxysm 88 Privacy and Pride 93 An Artist in His Studio 97 Forger Versus Critic 106 Hogarth in Print: The Tyranny of Taste 113 Hogarth Revisited 128 Francisco Goya 144 The Unfathomable Goya 153 Turner: Imagination and Reality 157 Turner’s Pictures of Nothing 197 Confidence and Conscience in Two Centuries of Art 203 Daumier at the Tate 215 Impressionism and Beyond The Great Transformation 221 The Logic of Organised Sensations 234 The Early Work of CĂ©zanne 274 Renoir’s Sentiment and Sense 301 Matisse: The Harmony of Light 317 Henri Matisse: Harmony in Red 352 Teaching by Example 360 In the Monkey Cage 363 Living in the Present 366 Objects-Lessons in Object-Love 370 Cubist 375 Paint in America 378 British Painting A Brilliant Game of Tip and Run 387 Remembering Coldstream 390 Positioning in Representation 406 Francis Bacon: The Human Presence 417 Howard Hodgkin 440 The New Tate 447 Index of Names 455
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ISBN
9781905464654
Publisert
2015-01-01
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Ridinghouse
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225 mm
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149 mm
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G, 01
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Engelsk
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Heftet
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464

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Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918–1991) began his career as a painter of portraits and landscapes, later becoming a distinguished curator, writer, professor of art and museum trustee, including at the Tate and British Museum. He was Keeper of the British Collection and Deputy Director of the Tate Gallery, London from 1965-67, Professor of Fine Art at the University of Leeds from 1967 to 1975 and Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College, London from 1975 until his retirement in 1985. A central figure in both the UK and USA art establishments, his writings include monographs on artists ranging from Vermeer and Turner to CĂ©zanne and Freud.

Sarah Whitfield is an art historian, writer and curator who has published widely on Surrealism, as well as on Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Lucio Fontana and other twentieth-century artists. She co-authored the catalogue raisonné of René Magritte and sits on the authentication committee of the Francis Bacon Estate.