An elusive tradition
Subtitle: art and society in Wales, 1870-1950
By: Eric Rowan and Carolyn Stewart.
Contributors: Stewart, Carolyn.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Art and society -- Wales -- History -- 19th century; Art and society -- Wales -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: Art and society in Wales, 1870-1950
Description: "The period 1870-1950 is often thought of as a dark age in the artistic history of Wales. Many observers believed that the lack of a visible national school of painting and sculpture meant that the visual arts in Wales were moribund. In An Elusive Tradition, Eric Rowan and Carolyn Stewart challenge this view and demonstrate that in fact the visual arts in Wales were more vigorous and varied than was thought at the time." "An Elusive Tradition comprises a series of fully illustrated studies of relatively neglected aspects of art in Wales. It discusses Welsh art in relation to its geographical cultural and international contexts and focuses on the artists and patrons, both Welsh and non-Welsh, who ensured that the arts in Wales continued to flourish, including William Burges, Frederick Rolfe, Theodore Baily, David Jones, Eric Gill, Augustus John, J. D. Innes, Baron Howard de Walden, the Third Marquess of Bute, the Davies sisters and John Quinn."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-224) and index.