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Jack Yeats
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by Bruce Arnold
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Jack Yeats {1871~1957} was the son of the painter John Butler Yeats &
brother of the poet William Butler Yeats.
This major biography explores his friendships with John Masefield,
John Millington Synge, & Samuel Beckett & analyses the artist's life
& output of his sometimes controversial work, which included seven
novels, nine plays a thousand paintings, illustrations & drawings.
Expressionistic in style, the violent colours are applied with a
palette knife. Yeats's work may also be compared to that of Auerbach,
Kossoff & De Kooning.
Oscar Kokoschka influenced Yeats, not only in his art but also in his
approach to life.
Jack Yeats was born in London, but spent most of his formative years
in Ireland. He had a passion for drawing boxing scenes & an
interest in the theatre, inspired by the admiration of Walter Sickert
who became a lifetime friend. Both enjoyed painting in oils the
theatrical & street scenes of London.
The author has extensively researched the book & it is
generously illustrated with colour & b/w photographs throughout.
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Camden Town Group
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by Dr Wendy Baron |
| An excellent source of information about the Camden
Town Artists. These included painters such as Sickert, Spencer
Gore, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Pissarro and others.
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| Sickert Paintings
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by Dr Wendy Baron & Richard Shone
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350 pages of extensive technical achievement packed with photographs.
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NEW Sickert: Paintings and Drawings
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Walter Sickert, Prints : A Catalogue Raisonné
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Duchess Of Cork Street: The Autobiography of an Art Dealer
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by Lillian Browse |
Educated in South Africa, Lillian Browse's first love was ballet,
but she had an active part in art-dealing for over 50 years. Her career
started in the 1930s in London & helped to establish the Roland, Browse
& Delbanco gallery in Cork Street. She pioneered the study of French &
English painters & sculptors, among them Sickert, Degas & Rodin.
She had a significant part in promoting living British artists.
Her favourite artist & hero was Sickert. Sadly she failed to meet him,
but received a telegram from him when she asked for his opinion on the
authenticity on one of his paintings.
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| Sickert
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by Lillian Browse |
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| Walter Sickert &
The Camden Town Group
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by Maureen Connett |
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Walter Sickert
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Portrait of the Killer: Jack the Ripper -
Case Closed |
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by Patricia Cornwell
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The author is the
creator of the internationally
acclaimed series of crime novels
featuring Dr Kay Scarpetta. This
non-fiction book is an intriguing
investigation that will be of
interest to Sickert scholars and
Ripper researchers alike.
Using the
exactitude of modern forensic
science, Patricia Cornwell has spent
six million dollars on extensive
research into the murders of
prostitutes in London’s East End.
She has written a detailed analysis
of the Whitechapel murders of 1888
claimed by Jack the Ripper, and has
concluded that the artist Walter
Richard Sickert was the author of
the Ripper letters and possibly the
murderer. She has researched his
life and work, and her case for his
being the letter writer is
persuasive. “Arrest that man, he is
in possession of a lethal
paintbrush” is not so persuasive!
It is all too
pat.
Sickert did have
many guises and a quirky sense of
humour. He was flirtatious and
possibly misogynistic. He painted
many nude woman in compromising
positions, but then so did many
other artists of this time.
The jury is still
out.
“I suspect
nobody, I suspect everybody”.
“It is quite a
three pipe problem, Watson”.
Case re-opened.
An article
appeared in
The Art Newspaper December 2002
(issue no. 131) entitled Portrait
of a Killer? in which Henry
Lessore, Sickert's nephew, gives the
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The Shining Sands: Artists in Newlyn and
St Ives 1880 - 1930 |
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| The Life And Opinions
Of Walter Richard Sickert
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by Robert Emmons |
| Emmons quotes from Sickert’s own writings, and from humorous
reminiscences of his friends.
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The Oxford History of English Art 1870~1940
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by Dennis Farr |
The structure of the book reflects painting, sculpture, graphic arts,
decorative art & architecture over the 70 years.
Dennis Farr was Director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries,
London & also City Museums & Art Gallery, Birmingham.
He co-authored the Oxford Dictionary of Art
The book is sectioned into six parts. Part One and Part Three
discuss the New English Art Club, Sickert, Steer, Whistler, Bloomsbury
& Camden Town.
The entry for the book on of the
Well Furlong Bookshop includes a more detailed list of contents.
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| Sickert & The Ripper
Crimes
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by J.O.Fuller |
| An investigation into the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in which
Sickert was implicated. A fascinating book. Contains
photographs of the Ripper murders.
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| English Art & Modernism
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by Charles Harrison |
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| Nina Hamnett: Queen Of Bohemia
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by Denise Hooker |
| An excellent, funny book. It's obvious that the painter Nina Hamnett
{a pupil of Sickert’s} liked and admired Sickert. Their repartee was well
matched.
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| Sickert: The Painter
and His Circle
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by Marjorie Lilly |
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British Impressionism
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by Kenneth McConkey
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The book contains information & many colour plates about
an accomplished generation of painters - including Sickert,
Whistler, Steer, Tonks, Orpen, Lavery, Legros, Bastien-Lepage,
Sargent, Forbes, Knight & many others. 132 Illustrations
including 70 in colour. (Review of the Hardback edition)
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| A Roger Fry Reader
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Edited by Christopher Reed |
| Fry best known for organising the Post-Impressionist Exhibition
at the Grafton Gallery in 1910. Christopher Reed has given us a well rounded
picture of Fry and of his collected essays which includes his formulation of
the theory of "significant form".
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| Advice To Young Artists
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by Walter Sickert |
| Sickert's writings edited by Norwich School of Art. |
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| Roger Fry Art & Life
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by Frances Spalding |
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Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art
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Modern Art In Britain: 1910~1914
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by Dr Anna Gruetzner Robins
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This excellent book covers the works of Sickert, Cézanne,
Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and others.
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| Sickert Drawings Theory
& Practice:Word & Image
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by Dr Anna Gruetzner Robins |
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| Modern English Painters
{Sickert~Lowry}
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by John Rothenstein |
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Bloomsbury Portraits
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| Walter Sickert
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by Richard Shone & Wendy Baron |
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| A Free House! Or Artist
As Craftsman {writings of W.R.S.}
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Edited by Osbert Sitwell |
| One should beg borrow or buy this book! Although out of print, it's
worth the wait. Not only essential reading for art students, but of immense
interest to anyone with a sense of humour and a sense of the absurd, which Sickert
relished. His charismatic charm shines through.
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Walter Sickert A Life |
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| Walter Sickert
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by Denys Sutton |
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About Modern Art {Critical essays 1948~97}
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by David Sylvester
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Sylvester’s robust prose in the essays collected in
About Modern Art are very engaging. His heroes are
Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Giacometti & Bacon -
a fine recipe!
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Walter Sickert: 'drawing is the thing' |
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Whitworth Art Gallery |
| Book to accompany the exhibition
at the Whitworth Gallery, which we saw at
Southampton Art Gallery. Essays included
by Dr. Wendy Baron, Ruth Bromberg, Rebecca
Daniels, Anna Gruetzner Robins, Nicola Moorby,
Alistair Smith and Matthew Sturgis. |
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& Reputation
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by Malcolm Yorke |
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