Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904 - A Catalogue Raisonne (Hardcover)

~ Betty Elzea (Author)

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The artistic career of Frederick Sandys may not have been lucrative, but it was certainly prolific - as this complete catalogue demonstrates. For the very first time every known piece of work undertaken by the artist is included in this definitive volume; it covers the three distinct categories: oil paintings, portrait drawings, and woodcuts and illustrations. The catalogue entries begin with Sandys' immature efforts and competition entries from 1839, includes his days spent with the Rossetti brothers and the Pre-Rapaelite Brotherhood, his illustrations for the poems of Swinburne and Christina Rossetti, and continues through to his final few works, shortly before his death in 1904. It includes untraced works about which the author has uncovered copious amounts of information. A concise, comprehensive biographical text outlines Sandys' life, not only correcting mistakes, but also introducing previously unknown, newly researched aspects of the artist's life. The catalogue is divided into five chron

About the Author

Betty Elzea is a professional cataloguer and has been a museum curator all her working life. In 1974 she wrote the catalogue for a Sandys exhibition at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery and has recently written an entry on the artist for the New Dictionary of National Biography. Betty Elzea's knowledge of the life and work of Frederick Sandys is unrivalled - a fact that was clearly recognised by the Norwich Castle Museum, when they asked her to be guest curator at their forthcoming Sandys exhibition in October 2001. She has worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Brighton Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Delaware Art Museum.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 350 pages
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851493972
• ISBN-13: 978-1851493975
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,450 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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