Modern Life & Modern Subjects
Subtitle: British Art in the Early Twentieth Century
Publisher: Paul Mellon Center BA
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300083507
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; c 1900 - c 1914; 20th Century Art; Painting; Art; Art & Art Instruction; United Kingdom, Great Britain; European; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); Art / History / European; History - General; 20th century; Painting, British
Description: "In May 1914 the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London opened its exhibition Twentieth Century Art. The catalogue identified four main strands in modern painting but included a fifth group, of Jewish artists, hung in the 'Small Gallery.' In this illuminating book, art historian Lisa Tickner takes a fresh look at the work of artists from each to these strands.

In a series of innovative case studies, combining analysis with substantial new research, she examines the artists' radical approaches to the process of painting, and their resources in the defining conditions of modern life."--BOOK JACKET.