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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).
Exhibition Review
The Colours of Nadia
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 941-944
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Reviewer:
Mundy, Jennifer (Mundy, Jennifer)
Subjects
artists:
Khodassievitch (Léger), Nadia
artists:
Léger, Fernand
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée de l'Annonciade, St-Tropez, France
subjects:
Russian art / French art / Modernism / Politics / Abstract art / Social realism / Communism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Colours of Nadia Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez 3rd July–14th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Self-portrait, by Nadia Léger. 1948. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 65 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
Attributed works:
11. Still life, by Nadia Léger. 1949. Oil on canvas, 73 by 100 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
Article
The missing piece of Jean- François Raffaëlli’s ‘The family of Jean-le-Boîteux’
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 824-828
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Author:
Rosenberg-Miller, Carmen (Rosenberg-Miller, Carmen)
Subjects
art literature:
Duranty, Edmond, 1833-1880
artists:
Raffaëlli, Jean-François / Degas, Edgar
dates:
1870-1879
subjects:
French art / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Social realism / Salons (art exhibitions) / Impressionism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Place de la Concorde, by Edgar Degas. 1875. Oil on canvas. 78.4 by 117.5 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Young Breton girl wearing clogs, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. 1877. Oil on canvas, 152 by 60 cm. (Private collection; photograph SVV Farrando).
Attributed works:
6. The family of Jean-le-Boîteux, peasants of Plougasnou, Finistère, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. Here dated to 1877. Oil on canvas, 190.5 by 154.3 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Scala Archives).
Attributed works:
7. Hans Burgkmair, by Jean-François Raffaëlli. c.1877. Plaster, 55 by 48 cm. (Private collection; photograph SVV Farrando).
Attributed works:
8. Caricature of Jean-François Raffaëlli’s The family of Jean-le-Boîteux (Le Journal amusant, 23rd June 1877, p.7; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. A figure from The family of Jean-le-Boîteux, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1st June 1877, p.557; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Article
The ‘Heads of the People’ in the ‘Graphic’ (1875–83): further influences and legacies
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 586-593
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Author:
Shaw, Samuel (Shaw, Samuel)
Subjects
art literature:
The Graphic / The Illustrated London News, London, Great Britain
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Herkomer, Hubert von / Small, William / Hopkins, Arthur / Meadows, Kenny / Nicholson, William, 1872-1949 / Sickert, Walter / Rothenstein, William / Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Guthrie, James
subjects:
Wood engravings / Influence / Social realism / Working Class
subjects:
British art / Victorian art / Illustrators / Published illustrations
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The brewer’s drayman, by Hubert Herkomer. 1875. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (First published in the Graphic, 20th November 1875; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. The British rough, by William Small. 1875. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (First published in the Graphic, 26th June 1875; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. A Cornish fisher-lad, by Arthur Hopkins. 1883. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (First published in the Graphic, 23rd June 1883; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. The English pauper, by Kenny Meadows. 1840. Engraved by John Orrin Smith. Engraving, 21.2 by 13.2 cm. (From Heads of the People, London 1840–41; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. The dress-maker, by Kenny Meadows. 1840. Engraved by John Orrin Smith. Engraving, 21.2 by 13.2 cm. (From Heads of the People, London 1840–41).
Attributed works:
6. Old Willie: The village worthy, by James Guthrie. 1886. Oil on canvas, 60.8 by 50.8 cm. (Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. Mamma Mia Poveretta, by Walter Sickert. c.1904. Oil on canvas, 46 by 38.2 cm. (Manchester Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
8. Eli the thatcher, by William Rothenstein. 1913. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 63.3 cm. (Manchester Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Herkomer’s ‘Drawing and engraving on wood’ and Van Gogh
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 584-591
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Author:
Alessi, Vincent (Alessi, Vincent)
Subjects
art literature:
The Graphic / The Illustrated London News, London, Great Britain / Art Journal (art periodical)
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Herkomer, Hubert von
artists:
Rappard, Anton van
dates:
1880-1889
patrons:
Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891
subjects:
Wood engravings / Engravings / Magazines (periodicals) / Illustrators / Published illustrations / Social realism
subjects:
French art / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Sunday at Chelsea Hospital, by Hubert von Herkomer. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (Published in the Graphic, 18th February 1871; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. A gipsy encampment on Putney Common, by Hubert von Herkomer. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (Published in the Graphic, 18th June 1870; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. The East London Hospital for Children, by Matthew White Ridley. Engraved by Joseph Swain. Wood engraving. (Published in the Illustrated London News, 27th April 1872; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
4. Miner, by Matthew White Ridley. Unknown engraver. Wood engraving. (Published in The Graphic, 15th April 1876; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Old man with a stick, by Vincent van Gogh. 1882. Lithograph, 48.1 by 25.2 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
6. At eternity’s gate, by Vincent van Gogh. 1882. Lithograph, 50 by 34 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
7. Sorrow, by Vincent van Gogh. 1882. Lithograph, 38.9 by 29.2 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Van Gogh Foundation; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light. National Gallery, London
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 588-591
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Reviewer:
Kilmurray, Elaine (Kilmurray, Elaine)
Subjects
artists:
Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquín
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Spanish art / Spanish artists / Family portraits / Gardens / beach scenes / Social realism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The return from fishing, by Joaquín Sorolla. 1894. Canvas, 265 by 403.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
14. Mother, by Joaquín Sorolla 1895–1900. Canvas, 125 by 169 cm. (Museo Sorolla, Madrid; exh. National Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
15. Sad inheritance!, by Joaquín Sorolla. 1899. Canvas, 210 by 285 cm. (Colección Fundación Bancaja, Valencia; exh. National Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Charles White: A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art, New York
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 968-970
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Reviewer:
Hylton, Richard (Hylton, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
White, Charles, 1918-1978 / Marshall, Kerry James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Book covers / Lithographs
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / New York / Chicago / Los Angeles
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Politics / Social history / Social realism / Expressionism / Allegory / Hands (body componenents) / Magazines (periodicals) / Murals / Archives / African Americans / Slavery / Slave trade
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the negro to democracy in America), by Charles White. 1942–43. Carbon pencil over charcoal, with additions and corrections in white gouache, border in Wolff crayon, on cream drawing board, 63.2 by 48.4 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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23. Awaken from the unknowing, by Charles White. 1961. Compressed brown and grey vine charcoal with scratching out, blending and erasing on cold-pressed illustration board, 78.7 by 142.2 cm. (Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Wanted poster series #17, by Charles White. 1971. Oil wash and pencil on poster board, 152.4 by 76.2 cm. (Flint Institute of Arts, Flint MI; © The Charles White Archives; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Book Review
Korean Art from the 19th Century to the Present. By Charlotte Horlyck
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 873-874
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Reviewer:
Bolwell, Sarah (Bolwell, Sarah)
Subjects
artists:
Chong-hyun, Ha / Seo-Bo, Park / Nam-soon, Paik / Yang, Haegue, b. 1971 / Bul, Lee / Jeong-hwa, Choi / Young-whan, Bae
artists:
Suh, Do Ho
dates:
1800-1899 / 1850-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Paintings
places:
Korea
subjects:
Korean School / Korean / Tansaekhwa / Abstract art / Social realism / Art market / World's fairs / Popular culture / Capitalism / Feminism / Politics / Surveys
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Écriture No.41–78, by Park Seo-bo. 1978. Oil and pencil on hemp cloth, 195 by 300 cm. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; photograph Gallery Perrotin).
Exhibition Review
Tarsila do Amaral
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 422-423
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Reviewer:
Temkin, Susanna (Temkin, Susanna)
Subjects
artists:
Amaral, Tarsila do / Gleizes, Albert / Lhote, André / Léger, Fernand / Legrain, Pierre
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Cubist / Social realism / Academie Julian, Paris, France / Nudes / Politics / Dreams / Mythology / Visual sources / Technical analysis / Radiographs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Anthropophagy, by Tarsila do Amaral. 1929. Canvas, 126 by 142 cm. (Acervo da Fundação José e Paulina Nemirovsky, em comodato com a Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
23. The black woman, by Tarsila do Amaral. 1923. Canvas, 100 by 80 cm. (Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Workers, by Tarsila do Amaral. 1933. Canvas, 150 by 205 cm. (Acervo Artístico-Cultural dos Palácios do Governo do Estado de São Paulo; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
25. A Cuca, by Tarsila do Amaral. 1924. Canvas, 60.5 by 72.5 cm. (Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Book Review
Picasso/Marx and Socialist Realism in France, S. Wilson
11/2014 | 1340 | 156
Pages: 764
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Reviewer:
Vernon, Jonathan (Vernon, Jonathan ; V., J.)
Subjects
art literature:
Marxism / Social realism / Art theory / Socialism / Politics
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Communism / Critical Reception
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