Ford Madox Brown
Subtitle: Pre-Raphaelite pioneer
By: Julian Treuherz ; with contributions from Angela Thirlwell and Kenneth Bendiner
Contributors: Bendiner, Kenneth, 1947-; Thirlwell, Angela; Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893; Manchester City Art Gallery
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780856677007; 9780901673800
Subjects: Catalogues raisonnés; Pre-Raphaelitism; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Pre-Raphaelite pioneer
Description: Summary: This major monograph accompanies an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery to be held in autumn 2011, the first comprehensive showing of Ford Madox Brown's work since 1964. All the artist's important paintings are illustrated and discussed in an authoritative but accessible style, and the book also contains a chronology of his career and four essays: a general introduction to Brown's art by Julian Treuherz, who also contributes an account of Brown's Manchester period; a character study of the artist by Angela Thirlwell; and an analysis of Brown's humour by Kenneth Bendiner.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held Sept. 24, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012 at Manchester Art Gallery and Feb. 25-June 3, 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.

Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite pioneer  -- Julian Treuherz; title: The game of life: Ford Madox Brown, a character study  -- Angela Thirlwell; title: Ford Madox Brown's humour  -- Kenneth Bendiner; title: Ford Madox Brown in Manchester  -- Julian Treuherz; title: Catalogue of works --; title: The artist and his family --; title: The early period --; title: The change of direction --; title: The draughtsman --; title: The landscape painter --; title: The painter of modern life --; title: The storyteller --; title: The portrait painter --; title: The designer --; title: The Manchester period --; title: The end.