Walter Sickert: Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis) [Hardcover]

Ruth Bromberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 11, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0300081618 | ISBN-13: 978-0300081619

Walter Sickert (1860-1942) was possibly the most important and influential early modern British artist. He belonged to the generation that absorbed the modernity of late nineteenth-century French art into British painting and printmaking. His outstanding work as a printmaker has been largely overlooked and unexplored until now. This book and catalogue raisonni bring together for the first time the substantial body of 226 prints by Sickert, along with their numerous different states, many in rare or unique impressions, and reveals the unorthodox and experimental techniques Sickert used frequently 'in dialogue' with related paintings and drawings. Ruth Bromberg describes here the subject matter and techniques for each print in relation to Sickert's oeuvre. She also discusses the evolution of Sickert's career in printmaking; the influences on his work of Whistler and Degas, whom Sickert knew; his working procedures; and his innovative techniques and style in engraving, etching, aquatint, soft ground etching, and lithography. She explores the varied settings of his prints - which include early London and Dieppe street scenes, seascapes in Holland and famous views of Venice as well as those of the music hall, a lifelong passion, numerous portraits and his controversial pictures of shabby interiors depicting nude prostitutes and clothed men.

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"Bromberg's book is a comprehensive survey of one aspect of [Sickert's] appealing art." -- The New York Times Book Review

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Walter Sickert (1860-1942) was possibly the most important and influential early modern British artist. He belonged to the generation that absorbed the modernity of late nineteenth-century French art into British painting and printmaking. His outstanding work as a printmaker has been largely overlooked and unexplored until now. This book and catalogue raisonné bring together for the first time the substantial body of 226 prints by Sickert, along with their numerous different states, many in rare or unique impressions, and it reveals the unorthodox and experimental techniques Sickert used frequently "in dialogue" with related paintings and drawings.Ruth Bromberg describes here the subject matter and techniques for each print in relation to Sickert's oeuvre. She also discusses the evolution of Sickert's career in printmaking; the influences on his work of Whistler and Degas, whom Sickert knew; his working procedures; and his innovative techniques and style in engraving, etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, and lithography. She explores the varied settings of his prints, which include early London and Dieppe street scenes, seascapes in Holland, and famous views of Venice, as well as those of the music hall (a lifelong passion), numerous portraits, and his controversial pictures of shabby interiors depicting nude prostitutes and clothed men.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 312 pages
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA (July 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300081618
• ISBN-13: 978-0300081619
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 10.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,778,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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