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The Independent on Sunday, May 27, 2007
...scrupulous and immensely informative...Even in the form of the
excellent colour reproductions in the book you can sense the glow of the
paint and the sensual warmth of the engagement with the subject.
excellent colour reproductions in the book you can sense the glow of the
paint and the sensual warmth of the engagement with the subject.
RA Magazine, Summer 2007
The arrival of Catherine Lampert's new catalogue raisonne of
Uglow's work whose exemplary texts (perceptive, lucid, factual, crisply
written) reveal the richness and significance of his painting, has rendered
his neglect inexcusable.
Uglow's work whose exemplary texts (perceptive, lucid, factual, crisply
written) reveal the richness and significance of his painting, has rendered
his neglect inexcusable.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very fitting tribute and long over due. Uglow is one of the great artists of our century. He does not get the press of Freud but is as good if not better in some ways. (Personal preference.) The images are reproduced to small. Having been spoiled with so many great art books with huge reproductions, there is little excuse in our day to put out anything less. The gold standard for art books for me is Xenia Hausner's Heart Matters. Fantastic, big reproductions. Uglow's book repoduces some of his very finest pieces at a fraction of the size, which really does a disservice. It still gets 5 stars because I will take whatever I can get. The essays are top notch. The Browse and Darby book is still available from the gallery and reproduces many of his great works at a more appropriate size. Get it to at the original price from the gallery. On top of all that, get the book Some Memories of the Painter by Susan Campbell which is also available from Browse and DArby. Great, great anecdotal info on Mr. Uglow. As far as I am concerned, some of the very best figurative work ever done is being produced in your country right now. Thanks in great part to the likes of Uglow.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This handsome volume opens with two essays. The first essay looks at the young artist and his development; his time at art school, first Camberwell and then The Slade, and considers those who influenced him, especially William Coldstream. The second essay looks more particularly at the artist's main body of work, and considers again the influences.
The fully illustrated catalogue section provides much additional information about the individual pieces, many being accompanied by detailed descriptions and interesting facts about their production, often including the artist's own comments. The reproductions vary is size considerably, there are a good number of full-page or near full-page images, but at the other end of the scale a large number are very small. In total there are well over 400 of the artist's works illustrated, according to the publishers this includes every known oil painting, about 80 of which are reproduced here for the first time. In addition to the paintings there are also a number of representative drawings, designs, and a few rather personal more suggestive pieces.
The book includes a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history for each work.
A quick glance at the content might suggest there is very little information about the man Euan Uglow, but careful reading gradually provides some insight in an almost incidental manner. We learn about the man from his work, and not about the work from the man.
Having the full body of Uglow's oeuvre to consider it becomes immediately apparent where his interests lay; the female nude predominates, still life features strongly too. There are landscapes but nothing like the quantity of the former two, mostly produced during summers away. What comes through strongly from all forms is Uglow's strongly analytical approach, his single minded interest in his subject and his striving for perfection; yet the work is never laboured.
It is a splendid book. The essays are well written and warmly appreciative of the artist and his work. It well designed and superbly illustrated in colour almost throughout, the only complaint being that some of the images are too small.
The fully illustrated catalogue section provides much additional information about the individual pieces, many being accompanied by detailed descriptions and interesting facts about their production, often including the artist's own comments. The reproductions vary is size considerably, there are a good number of full-page or near full-page images, but at the other end of the scale a large number are very small. In total there are well over 400 of the artist's works illustrated, according to the publishers this includes every known oil painting, about 80 of which are reproduced here for the first time. In addition to the paintings there are also a number of representative drawings, designs, and a few rather personal more suggestive pieces.
The book includes a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history for each work.
A quick glance at the content might suggest there is very little information about the man Euan Uglow, but careful reading gradually provides some insight in an almost incidental manner. We learn about the man from his work, and not about the work from the man.
Having the full body of Uglow's oeuvre to consider it becomes immediately apparent where his interests lay; the female nude predominates, still life features strongly too. There are landscapes but nothing like the quantity of the former two, mostly produced during summers away. What comes through strongly from all forms is Uglow's strongly analytical approach, his single minded interest in his subject and his striving for perfection; yet the work is never laboured.
It is a splendid book. The essays are well written and warmly appreciative of the artist and his work. It well designed and superbly illustrated in colour almost throughout, the only complaint being that some of the images are too small.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Euan Uglow is one of the most interesting British figurative artists of the second half of the C20th and this splendidly-produced volume is a fitting monument. It replaces the incomplete Browse and Darby volume which I see some are trying to sell for an outrageous amount: that is now unnecessary. The essays and critical apparatus are first rate in this Yale publication and the quality of the colour reproduction very reliable. One star deducted as some very important pictures are reproduced far too small, but otherwise a long-overdue tribute to a master.
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