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Love stories : art, passion and tragedy / edited by Lucy Peltz and Louise Stewart.

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Love stories : art, passion and tragedy / edited by Lucy Peltz and Louise Stewart.
Publication
London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, [2020]

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  • Denver Art Museum, host institution.
  • National Portrait Gallery (Australia), host institution.
  • National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), host institution, organizer.
  • Peltz, Lucy,
  • Stewart, Louise (Curator),
Description
231 pages : illustrations (color and black and white); 25 cm
Summary
The National Portrait Gallery's collections hold numerous portraits of creative partnerships. This book looks at the extensive collection of the Gallery and explores the role of love and the people featured both as sitters and artists. Drawing on recent scholarship, the exhibition will explore changing ideas of love, and give readers the opportunity to discover love stories both tragic and transcendent. The stories cover a variety of topics including: the role of the muse, featuring stories such as George Romney, Lady Emma Hamilton and Nelson, and the Bloomsbury group; scandal and tragedy, exploring the relationships of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono; literary love, highlighting the tales of Mary and Percy Shelley, and Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; a shared studio, featuring the stories of artists Lee Miller and Man Ray, and Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson; and love and the lens, which explores the stories of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and Mick and Bianca Jagger. 'Love Stories' will be brought to life through the perspective of various authors, using material from the sitter's own letters, diaries and poetry, while highlighting their connection and influence on some of the greatest masterpieces of art. Exhibition: touring to Australia, USA and Hong Kong from Summer 2020.
Subject
  • Couples in art > Exhibitions
  • Couples in art
  • Love in art > Exhibitions
  • Love in art
  • Portraits > Exhibitions
  • Portraits
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published to accompany the exhibition: Love Stories. This exhibition is organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London and will tour to the following venues: National Portrait Gallery, Australia and Denver Art Museum"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
N8220
ISBN
  • 1855147033
  • 9781855147034
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries