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Letter
Forerunners of ‘Heads of the People’
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 884-885
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
artists:
Bastien-Lepage, Jules / Clausen, George / Gogh, Vincent van / Sickert, Walter / Nicholson, William, 1872-1949
works:
The Graphic / Illustrators / Published illustrations / French art / British art / Social realism / Working Class
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Little London bootblack, by Jules Bastien-Lepage. 1882. Oil on canvas, 132.5 by 89.5 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
2. A field hand (a woman of the fields), by George Clausen. 1883. Oil on canvas, 54.5 by 40 cm. (Private collection; photographed prior to the completion of conservation work).
Article
The new Whistler catalogue raisonné
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 530-535
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues raisonnés / Digital technology / Open access
art literature:
MacDonald, Margaret F., b.1944 / Petri, Grischka
artists:
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Great Britain
subjects:
American art / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Arrangement in black and gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou- Fezensac, by James McNeill Whistler. 1891–92. Oil on canvas, 208.6 by 91.8 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Harper Pennington, by James McNeill Whistler. 1880–81. Chalk and pastel on paper, 21.4 by 13.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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3. Rose et argent: la jolie mutine, by James McNeill Whistler. 1892–93. Oil on canvas, 190.5 by 89.5 cm. (Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Green and violet: the evening walk, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler. 1896. Oil on panel, 12.7 by 21.5 cm. (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville AK).
Attributed works:
5. Symphony in white, no.3, by James McNeill Whistler. 1865–67. Oil on canvas, 52 by 76.5 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Arrangement in grey and green: portrait of J.J. Cowan, by James McNeill Whistler. 1893–1900. Oil on canvas, 95.5 by 51 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
7. Nocturne in black and gold: the falling rocket, by James McNeill Whistler. 1875. Oil on canvas, 60.3 by 46.6 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts; Bridgeman Images).
Obituary
William H. Gerdts (1929–2020)
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 915-916
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
subjects:
Gerdts, William H. / Obituaries / American art / Impressionism / Art historians
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. William H. Gerdts at home in 2009. (Photograph courtesy Abigail Gerdts).
Article
Hope in time of war: George Clausen’s ‘Renaissance’ rediscovered
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 938-945
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
artists:
Clausen, George / Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre / Wollen, William Barnes / Jack, Richard / Mostyn, Thomas Edwin / Olivier, Herbert Arnould / Lavery, John / Brangwyn, Frank / Sickert, Walter / Orpen, William
artists:
Rousseau, Victor
dates:
1900-1949 / 1910-1919
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / The Imperial Arts League, London, Great Britain / New English Art Club (NEAC)
places:
Belgium / Great Britain / London
subjects:
British painting / World War (1914-1918) / Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) / War / Soldiers / Ruins / Damage to works of art / Lost works / Art criticism / Criticism / Critical Reception / Exhibitions / Exhibition reviews / Influence / Identification / Sitters / Allegory / Allegorical figures / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Colour / Style / Neo-classicism / Realism / Murals / Figure paintings / Portraits / Landscapes (visual works) / Flower pieces / Workers / Nudes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Renaissance, by George Clausen. 1915. Canvas, 152.4 by 177.8 cm. (Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on deposit in the Belgian ambassador’s residence, London).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
11. Figure study, by George Clausen. 1914–15. Graphite on paper, 24 by 39 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Youth mourning, by George Clausen. 1916. Canvas, 91.4 by 91.4 cm. (Imperial War Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Primavera, by George Clausen. 1914. Canvas, 91.4 by 71.7 cm. (Private collection; photo Christie’s, London).
Attributed works:
3. Wounded, London Hospital, by John Lavery. 1915. Canvas, 176 by 201 cm. (Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection).
Attributed works:
4. Study for ‘Renaissance’, by George Clausen. 1915. Graphite on paper, 25.7 by 18.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
5. Study for ‘Renaissance’, by George Clausen. 1915. Graphite on paper, 38.1 by 32.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
6. L’Esperance, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. 1872. Canvas, 70.5 by 82 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
7. Sowing new seed (for the Board of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland), by William Orpen. 1913. Canvas, 137 by 137 cm. (Mildura Arts Centre, Australia).
Attributed works:
8. St Francis at prayer, by Frederick Cayley Robinson and Winifred Dalley, from H.E. Manning: The Little Flowers of St Francis of Asissi, London 1915.
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Victor Rousseau, by George Clausen, c.1915. Graphite on paper, 39.2 by 28.8 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Obituary
Ronald Pickvance (1930–2017)
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 638-639
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Author:
Hopkinson, Martin (Hopkinson, Martin; Hopkinson, Martin)
Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
art literature:
Pickvance, Ronald, Gloucestershire, Great Britain
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949 / 1950-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Ronald Pickvance at his home in the Cotswolds. 2011 (Photograph Kenneth McConkey)
Letter
Letter: Lewis Hind and the Rokeby ‘Venus’
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 461-461
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
artists:
Velázquez, Diego
subjects:
Correspondence / Hind, Charles Lewis
works:
The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus') (National Gallery, London)
Letter
Lavery’s ‘The Amazon’
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 037
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Author:
McConkey, Kenneth (McConkey, Kenneth)
Subjects
artists:
Lavery, John
museums and institutions:
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Great Britain
subjects:
Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Study for 'The Amazon', by John Lavery. 1911 (Private collection)