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Exhibition Review
John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 405–408
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Reviewer:
Spalding, Frances (Spalding, Frances)
Subjects
artists:
Craxton, John
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Paintings / Ceramics / Tapestries / Illustrations
Reviewed Items
subjects:
John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 28th October 2023–21st April 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Hare on a table, by John Craxton. 1944–46. Oil on board, 51 by 63.4 cm. (© Estate of John Craxton and DACS, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester).
Attributed works:
18. Galatas, by John Craxton. 1947. Oil on canvas on hardboard, 76 by 101.5 cm. (British Council Collection; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester)
Attributed works:
19. Cover for ‘A Time of Gifts’, by John Craxton. 1977. Original work of art for book cover illustration. (© Estate of John Craxton and DACS, London; private collection; exh. Pallant House Gallery, Chichester).
Book Review
Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 94–96
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
artists:
Botticelli, Sandro
subjects:
Renaissance art / Drawings / Illustrations / Dante Alighieri
works:
Divine Comedy (Dante)
Reviewed Items
works:
Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance By Joseph Luzzi. 352 pp. incl. 19 col. ills. (W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2022), $28.95. ISBN 978–1–324–00401–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. The giants, an illustration for Dante’s Inferno, canto XXXI, by Sandro Botticelli. 1490s. Metalpoint and ink on vellum, 32.4 by 42.7 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin).
Book Review
The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages: ‘Biblia Depicta’ as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 975-976
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Reviewer:
Law-Turner, Frederica C.E. (Law-Turner, Frederica C.E.)
Subjects
subjects:
Bible / Illustrations / Manuscripts / Gothic art / Czech School / Bohemia / Medieval art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Velislav Bible, Finest Picture-Bible of the Late Middle Ages: ‘Biblia Depicta’ as Devotional, Mnemonic and Study Tool Edited by Lenka Panušková. 336 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2018), £123. ISBN 978–94–6298–044–0. | :
Article
From Dolly to Dorrit: William Powell Frith’s scenes from Dickens
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 576-585
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Author:
Bills, Mark (Bills, Mark)
Subjects
art literature:
Dickens, Charles
artists:
Frith, William Powell / Sibson, Thomas
subjects:
Victorian art / British art / Illustrations / Book illustrations / Versions / Prints / Commissions
subjects:
Novels
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Dolly Varden (‘The laughing Dolly’, second version), by William Powell Frith. 1842. Oil on canvas, 54.6 by 44.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Interior of Marseille prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 60 by 48 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
11. The Marshalsea prison, by Lumb Stocks after William Powell Frith. 1859. Engraving, 22 by 14 cm. (Frontispiece to volume 2 of Little Dorrit in the Works of Charles Dickens, First Library Edition, London 1858–59).
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12. The Marshalsea prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 60 by 48 cm. (Private collection).
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2. Frontispiece to ‘Barnaby Rudge’, by Thomas Sibson. 1842. Etching, 23.5 by 14 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Dolly Varden (‘Dolly and the bracelet’), by Charles Eden Wagstaff, after William Powell Frith. 1843. Mezzotint, 51 by 41 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Oval study for Dolly Varden, by William Powell Frith. 1843. Oil on canvas, 38 by 34 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Kate Nickleby at Madame Mantalini’s, by William Powell Frith. 1856. Oil on canvas, 55 by 44 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
6. Kate Nickleby at Madame Mantalini’s, by William Powell Frith. c.1842–43. Oil on canvas, 61 by 51 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Charles Dickens, by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 98 by 84 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. The dining room in Dickens’s home at Gad’s Hill, showing Frith’s Dolly Varden and Kate Nickleby, hung as companions flanking the mirror (Charles Dickens Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Interior of Marseille prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Luson Thomas after William Powell Frith. 1860. Wood engraving, 30 by 23 cm. (From the Illustrated Times, 21st January 1860, p.89).
Exhibition Review
Renaissance Watercolours: From Dürer to Van Dyck
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 158-161
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Reviewer:
Baker, Christopher (Baker, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Watercolours / Renaissance art / Baroque / Techniques / Art market / Patronage / Collecting / Illustrations / Miniatures (paintings) / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits / Plants (vegetation) / Animals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Renaissance Watercolours: From Dürer to Van Dyck By Mark Evans and Elania Pieragostini. 265 pp. incl. 275 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (V&A Publications, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–1–85177–977–2. | :
Article
Picturing Mount Yandang: the travel paintings and landscape aesthetics of Yu Jianhua
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 840-849
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Author:
Chan, Pedith (Chan, Pedith)
Subjects
artists:
Yu Jianhua
media:
Watercolours
patrons:
Jiang Shunan
places:
Mount Yandang (China)
subjects:
Chinese art / Landscapes (visual works) / Nature / Aesthetics / Mountains / Travel / Cultural tourism / Guidebooks / Illustrations / Photographs / Plein-air / Sketches / Brushwork / Albums / Art theory
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. View of the Lingyan Temple, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 30.6 by 22.5 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
10. Illustration of the Spirit Peak, Yan shan zhi, 15th−16th century. Blockprint. (Repr. in Gazetteer of Mount Yan, 1601).
Attributed works:
11. A view of the Spirit Peak, by Jiang Shunan. Photograph. (Repr. in Scenic China series X: Yen T’ang Shan, Shanghai 1917).
Attributed works:
12. Spirit Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
13. Jinzhu Brooks, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
14. View of Furong Village, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
15. Tandang Rock, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
2. Yangtianwo Studio, by Yu Jianhua, a section from the handscroll Yantianwo. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 26 by 91.8 cm. Collection of Kyoto National Museum
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3. View of the Geese Lake and Baigang Summit, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 61.2 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
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4. Magnificent view of the Spirit Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
5. Duxiu Peak, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 15.3 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
6. Duxiu Peak. Blockprint. (Repr. in Extended Gazetteer of Mount Yan-dang [Guang Yandang shan zhi], 1790; Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA).
Attributed works:
7. Dragon Waterfall, by Yu Jianhua. 1931. Ink and colour on paper, 22.5 by 30.6 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
8. Peaks in strange shapes, by Yu Jianhua. 1931, Ink on paper, 22.5 by 15.3 cm. (Collection of the Library of the Nanjing University of the Arts).
Attributed works:
9. Peaks in strange shapes. China, late 18th century. Blockprint. (Repr. in Extended Gazetteer of Mount Yandang [Guang Yandang shan zhi], 1790; Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA).
Exhibition Review
Hopper and the American Hotel
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 614-617
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Reviewer:
Standring, Timothy J. (Standring, Timothy J.; Standring, T. J.)
Subjects
artists:
Hopper, Edward / Sherman, Cindy / Segal, George / Ruscha, Edward / Hockney, David
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Oil painting (technique) / Illustrations / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, United States / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States
subjects:
American art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hopper and the American Hotel Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 18th July–25th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Hotel room, by Edward Hopper. 1931. Oil on canvas, 152.4 by 165.7 cm. (Museo Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Attributed works:
17. Hotel lobby, by Edward Hopper. 1943. Oil on canvas, 81.9 by 103.5 cm. (Indianapolis Museum of Art; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Attributed works:
18. Study for Hotel lobby, by Edward Hopper. 1942. Fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper, 38.3 by 56.2 cm. (Whitney Museum of American Art; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
Book Review
Gerhard Munthe: Norwegian Pioneer of Modernism
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 634-635
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Reviewer:
Paasche, Marit (Paasche, Marit)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Munthe, Gerhard
museums and institutions:
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
subjects:
Norwegian School / Decorative arts / Interiors / Illustrations / Modernism / Watercolours
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gerhard Munthe: Norwegian Pioneer of Modernism By Jan Kokkin. 296 pp. incl. 249 col. + b. & w. ills. (Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2019), €48. ISBN 978–3–89790–517–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. The fifth hall, by Gerhard Munthe. 1902–04. Oil on canvas, 62 by 128 cm. (National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo).
Article
New light on Pierre Bonnard’s wife and model Marthe
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 412-419
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Author:
Whelan, Lucy (Whelan, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Bonnard, Pierre
dates:
1890-1949
media:
Figure paintings / Drawings / Lithographs / Illustrations
subjects:
Bonnard, Marthe / Models (people) / Marriage / Nudes / French art / Bathers / Wills / Novels / Sketchbooks / Eroticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Man and woman, by Pierre Bonnard. 1900. Oil on canvas, 115 by 72.3 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; RMN Grand-Palais).
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2. Diary sketches, by Pierre Bonnard. Pages of his Agenda 1928 dated 21st–24th March 1928. Pencil on paper, page 13.5 by 7.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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3. Woman with dog (Mme Bonnard and her dog Ubu), by Pierre Bonnard. 1906. Oil on wood panel 36.5 by 45 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims).
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4. The window, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 108.6 by 88.6 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
5. The bath, by Pierre Bonnard. 1925. Oil on canvas, 86 by 120 cm. (Tate, London).
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6 and 7. Illustrations for Marie, by Pierre Bonnard. 1898. Process prints, page 18.5 by 11.6 cm. (Repr. in P. Nansen: Marie, dessins de Pierre Bonnard, Paris 1898, pp.29 and 35 respectively; Bibliothèque national de France, Paris).
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8. Studio of Pierre Bonnard, Le Cannet, France, by Henri Cartier- Bresson. 1944. Gelatin silver print, 27 by 17.4 cm. (Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris; Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos).
Book Review
Women, Art and Money in Late Victorian and Edwardian England: The Hustle and the Scramble. By Maria Quirk
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 361-362
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Reviewer:
Bornoe, Aisha Lovise Maud (Bornoe, Aisha Lovise Maud)
Subjects
subjects:
Women artists / Art market / Commissions / Illustrations / Victorian art / Edwardian / British art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Women, Art and Money in Late Victorian and Edwardian England: The Hustle and the Scramble By Maria Quirk. 248 pp. (Bloomsbury, New York and London, 2019),  85. ISBN 978–1–5013–4306–3. | :
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