A Private View
Subtitle: David Wolfers and the New Grafton Gallery
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780853318729
Subjects: Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Individual artists; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Europe; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Private; European; 20th century; History; New Grafton Gallery; Painting, English; Wolfers, David
Description: "From its beginnings in London's Mayfair, the New Grafton Gallery actively promoted a cross-section of British artistic talent which included the established names of Elisabeth Frink, Carel Weight, Mary Fedden and John Nash to the emerging talents of Richard Pikesley, Sarah Spencer and Julian Bailey. Moving to Barnes, south-west London, in the early 1980s, the gallery became a mecca for collectors and artists alike and Wolfers remained a hands-on dealer, admired and respected by patrons and artists, until his death in 2001." "A Private View is the realisation of Wolfers' ambition to record his many and varied experiences in the art world. His own memories and anecdotes are artfully edited by Julian Halsby to create a book which illustrates how the gallery was created and sustained to become an important element in the history of post-war British art." "Illustrated throughout with over fifty reproductions of the gallery's highlights, including works by Patrick Heron, Mary Fedden, Ruskin Spear and Stanley Spencer, A Private View will appeal to all those with an interest in twentieth-century British figurative art."--BOOK JACKET.