Accompanied an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17 February – 15 May 2011
FEB 2011, 136 pages, 100 colour illustrations, 260 x 216 mm, paperback
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ISBN: 978 1 907372 20 9
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This catalogue presents a rich selection of Victorian drawings and watercolours from the important collection of The Courtauld Gallery, London. It features many previously unpublished works and ranges from informal preparatory drawings for paintings and sculptures to exquisite highly finished exhibition watercolours.
The selection includes life studies, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits and subjects from literature. Stretching from J.M.W. Turner to the Pre-Raphaelites and works of the 1890s by Whistler and Aubrey Beardsley, Life, Legend, Landscape features the major artists of the era and explores the exciting diversity of Victorian draughtsmanship.
This exhibition and catalogue celebrates the most gifted, inventive and eccentric amateurs of the 18th and early 19th centuries with a selection of drawings, engravings and portraits gathered from Soane's collection and other museums, archives and private houses around the country. More