Research Catalog

Title

True to life : British realist painting in the 1920s & 1930s / Patrick Elliott and Sacha Llewellyn.

Author

Elliott, Patrick, 1962-

Publication

Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Llewellyn, Sacha
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
• National Galleries of Scotland

Description

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

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. Exhibition: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (01.07. - 29.10.2017).

Alternative Title

British realist painting in the 1920s & 1930s

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Painting, British > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Realism in art > Great Britain > Exhibitions
• Painting, British
• Realism in art
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, July 1-October 29, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140).

Contents

Machine generated contents note: About British Realist Painting / Patrick Elliott -- `What Sort of Truth?': British Realist Painting Between the Wars / Sacha Llewellyn.

ISBN

• 9781911054054
• 1911054058

OCLC

987373750

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library