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This beautifully designed and illustrated publication is the first comprehensive biography of the portrait painter Johan Zoffany (b.1733, d.1810), one of the leading figures of eighteenth-century British art. Following ten years of detailed research, the author traces Zoffany s remarkable life from his upbringing in Bavaria and apprenticeship in Rome to his subsequent success in Britain and adventures working in India. He is a figure who is ripe for reassessment, as a commentator on eighteenth-century politics and history as well as a painter. This timely and entertaining biography reproducing many images that have never been previously published looks beneath the often deceptively smooth surfaces of his art to discover the intelligence, curiosity and subversive humour that made his work and life so distinctive.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'An elegant book that should grace the bookshelves of both the non-specialist and those that have a more particular interest in 18th-century British art.' -- Hugh Belseley, The Art Newspaper, February 2010
`The knowing juxtaposition of Goliath's gaping mouth with the drooping sling and David's swathed loins would have raised even Caravaggio's eyebrow - artist and adventurer indeed... The tone is engaging, the subject treated in depth and - although described as a biography rather than an art book - the whole is awash with images (all in colour)... Both author and publisher should be congratulated for this important contribution and for launching Zoffany's anniversary year in style.' -- Jacqueline Riding, Art Quarterly, Spring 2010
Johan Zoffany: Artist and Adventurer
`The knowing juxtaposition of Goliath's gaping mouth with the drooping sling and David's swathed loins would have raised even Caravaggio's eyebrow - artist and adventurer indeed... The tone is engaging, the subject treated in depth and - although described as a biography rather than an art book - the whole is awash with images (all in colour)... Both author and publisher should be congratulated for this important contribution and for launching Zoffany's anniversary year in style.' -- Jacqueline Riding, Art Quarterly, Spring 2010
Johan Zoffany: Artist and Adventurer
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an enlightening and very accessible read on this great artist who has long been overlooked. Beautifully and extensively illustrated with his works, it is a real pleasure to own.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a splendidly produced book, hard bound in linen and printed on satisfyingly thick paper. The colours of the illustrations are as true to life, as one has a right to expect, but seldom encounters. I only hope Paul Holberton Publishing will delight us with further volumes of an equally high standard. We have had to wait a long time for a comprehensive biography of Zoffany who, despite a certain popularity, has been more or less neglected for over half a century. Penelope Treadwell appears to have been the first to write and publish a book for the bicentenary of Zoffany's death; she has not been the last. Her text reads easily. There are the occasional irritating solecisms and clichés, which momentarily detract from one's enjoyment, none the less the whole is an admirable achievement. The book should appeal to anyone remotely interested in 18th century painting, specialist or otherwise. Buy it.
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