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George Romney 1734-1802 (Paperback)

by Alex Kidson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications (22 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1855143348
  • ISBN-13: 978-1855143340
  • Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 23.9 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 541,553 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #60 in  Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Museums & Collections > National Gallery & National Portrait Gallery (UK)
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George Romney once belonged, as Alex Kidson reminds us . . to the foremost ranks of blue-chip artists... Romney was a complex man... Alex Kidson set out to show Romney whole, and [his efforts] seem to me exemplary in this attempt. -- James Fenton New York Review of Books Kidson has succeeded in achieving the aims he explicitly states in his introduction... His comments on each work in the catalog are extensive and illuminating. The reproductions are good and the bibliography extensive. Choice Kidson has succeeded in achieving the aims he explicitly states in his introduction. He wants both to restore the stature of the misunderstood and ignored Romney to his rightful position as a leading British artist of the 18th century and to outline the scope of his achievements... His comments on each work in the catalog are extensive and illuminating. The reproductions are good and the bibliography extensive. Choice George Romney is possibly the most unappreciated British painter of the 18th century ... [He] hoped to be known as a painter of historical and literary scenes. Kidson highlights these works as early examples of Romantic art. Kidson's notes are lucid and his scholarship first-rate, and the reproductions are of excellent quality. Virginia Quarterly Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The year 2002 marks the bicentenary of the death of George Romney, one of the key figures in British art in the late 18th century. A chief rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough - and for much of his career more fashionable than both - he was known both as a portraitist and as a draftsman. His countless studies for literary and mythological pictures, made in private moments but which he never had time to paint, are executed in a bold, spontaneous style that mark him as one of the first Romantics. One hundred years ago Romney's reputation was at its peak. Collectors fought to obtain his portraits of fresh-faced English women, above all his portraits of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, who in her youth was Romney's favourite model and with whom he was widely supposed to have had an affair. As the more snobbish and sexist aspects of Edwardian taste became outdated, Romney's art fell spectacularly from favour. His career remains little understood and many of his best-known works are among his least distinguished. He both drew and painted with freedom and with a dramatic expressiveness unmatched in British portraiture of his day. Even later in life, as overwork and disenchantment sapped his enthusiasm, Romney was able to rekindle his energies for special sitters and when working on his occasionally sublime literary and historical paintings. This book provides a fully rounded overview of his career.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Revival of Portraiture, 7 Mar 2002
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The exhibition of some of the works of George Romney is quite in line with the currently popularity of portraits, following the success of the recent exhibitions of John Singer Sargent and Restoration Portraiture. This catalogue shows all the works in the exhibition including some not on show at all the venues. The book shows well the progression of a local northern artist into a national one through such works as the Leveson-Gower Children and the Warren Family. As well as some earlier works, which show homage to Thomas Hudson (Mrs Strickland), the exhibition and the guide show how close he was in style to Sir Joshua Reynolds (Mrs Yates as the Tragic Muse). This book is a great introduction to a great artist, until recently only available to visitors to country houses.
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