Artists in Britain since 1945 [Hardcover]

David Buckman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2007 | ISBN-10: 095326095X | ISBN-13: 978-0953260959 | Edition: New Edition

A new and much updated edition of David Buckman's celebrated dictionary, which was hailed as 'the year s most important contribution to British art history when first published in 1998. As well as extensive updates, there are around 4,000 entirely new bi

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About the Author

David Buckman has been a journalist for over 40 years, initially on the staff of several magazines. Working for an American-owned energy monthly, he travelled in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. As a freelance, he wrote for dozens of publications and made several hundred radio and television broadcasts. After the 1998 appearance of his dictionary Artists in Britain since 1945 , he has written full-time on art. He contributed to Macmillan's The Dictionary of Art. Monographs include J B Manson, Leonid Pasternak, Martin Leman and Glyn Morgan; Mixed Palette , a study of Frank Ward and Kathleen Walne; and Charles Debenham's East Anglia; and he has completed a biography of the sculptor A H Gerrard. He writes frequently for The Independent and Galleries magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1856 pages
• Publisher: Sansom (Acc); New Edition edition (July 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 095326095X
• ISBN-13: 978-0953260959
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.5 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,888,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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