Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art [Paperback]

Walter Sickert (Author), Anna Gruetzner Robins (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0199261695 | ISBN-13: 978-0199261697

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a major European artist and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, whose statements on art from the 1880s to the 1930s have been used by artists and writers for more than half a century. Containing over 400 entries, this collection offers new insight into Sickert as an artist and provides valuable information about other British artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Sickert's writings are immensely enjoyable. Reading them, one reflects on how little has changed in the art world.... The Complete Writings on Art constitutes the most comprehensive selection of Sickert's criticism to date, including much previously unpublished material."--Times Literary Supplement

"Robins's edition is of permanent value.... With great diligence, she has retrieved a cache of early journalism mostly written between 1889 and 1897."--Spectator

"Robins has compiled a major document of English art history in exemplary style."--London Review of Books

"A real labour of love...offering a great deal of new insight into Sickert as artist, polemicist and man-about-town. Brilliantly annotated, it's also great fun."--Irish Times

About the Author

Anna Gruetzner Robins is Reader in History of Art, University of Reading.

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199261695
• ISBN-13: 978-0199261697
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,585,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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