
A Fragile Modernism
Whistler and His Impressionist Followers
Anna Gruetzner Robins(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 24. January 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-300-13545-9 (ISBN)
Description
Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolor to depict new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book, the first critical study of Whistler and his Impressionist followers, offers an in-depth analysis of Whistler's art as well as new insights into his modernist project.
Using a wealth of primary material, Robins tracks the history of Whistler and his group and shows through testimony and practice that they were formulating an identity as avant-garde artists. This is the first critical study of these Impressionist artists and throws new light on this neglected aspect of British art.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Using a wealth of primary material, Robins tracks the history of Whistler and his group and shows through testimony and practice that they were formulating an identity as avant-garde artists. This is the first critical study of these Impressionist artists and throws new light on this neglected aspect of British art.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
90 b-w + 40 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-13545-9 (9780300135459)
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Anna Robins is a reader in the history of art at the University of Reading.