Andrew Jackson: A Portrait Study (National Portrait Gallery)

Biographies & Memoirs

Barber, James G.

Historical

Natl Portrait Gallery Pubns

The catalogue of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, November 1992-February 1993. Miller's biography of American artist Peale traces the course of his artistic development, from the Englightenment principles of his father (the eminent artist Charles Willson Peale) through the British portrait tradition, French neoclassicism, and Italian Renaissance and Baroque masters, and places in context some of his more important works. With an essay by Carol Eaton Hevner on "The Paintings of Rembrandt Peale: Character and Conventions." Includes 32 color plates, 138 b&amp;w figures. Production of the highest quality. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860

Miller, Lillian B

Arts & Photography

Sir Henry Raeburn 1756-1823

Duncan Thomson

History & Criticism

This book offers a survey of the development and strength of the British portrait tradition over more than three centuries, from the late 16th to the early 20th century. The range of genres covered includes the sporting picture, the theatrical portrait and the conversation piece. Colour plates illustrate a group of masterpieces by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Van Dijck, Zoffany, Gwen John and others as well as portraits remarkable for their historical interest or their representation of prominent historical personages. All are works purchased for British galleries with the support of the National Art-Collections Fund. The illustrations are accompanied by an essay on the history of portraiture and full catalogue entries prepared by Dr John Hayes. The book is published to tie in with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery celebrating the British Portrait.

The Portrait in British Art: Masterpieces Bought With the Help of the National Art Collections Fund

Hayes, John T.

Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery

ROGERS, MALCOLM

Drawing

'Battle is in the curve of their nostrils', wrote Arnold Bennett of the Sitwells. 'They issue forth from their bright pavilions and demand trouble.' Poets, patrons of the arts and ardent self-publicists, the three siblings, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell, rarely missed an opportunity to promote themselves or denounce their sworn enemy, the philistine.They were natural subjects, and targets for the media. Unconventional, aristocratic, physically imposing (all more than six feet tall), they were bold, talented and provocative, and there were three of them. This book celebrates their lives and their artistic crusade, which brought them into contact and conflict with many of the leading figures of the arts in the early part of this century. Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Evelyn Waugh were among their friends; their favourite enemies included Wyndham Lewis, Noel Coward and D. H. Lawrence.

The Sitwells and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s: National Portrait Gallery, London

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

Published to coincide with the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of August Sander's portrait photography, this book offers a pictorial overview of Sander's work. With his life's work surveyed throughout the book, it includes a selection of his landscapes. The master of camera portraiture, August Sander began photographing people as a boy around the iron-ore mines of his German hometown. Through the course of his life, he built up a diverse catalogue of portraits, capturing people of all ages, from every social setting and calling. Broad in its subject matter, Sander's work shows a universal quality: the innate ability of the photographer to present more than an image, to show the characters of the sitters. The book gives an insight into an era and its people and, as such, is both a useful historical and artistic source.

August Sander: 'In Photography There Are No Unexplained Shadows'

Individual Artists

Book by Nichell, Charles, Nicholl, Charles

Elizabethan Writers

Nichell, Charles

Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at Elizabethan writers. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portaits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by substantial and relevant quotations from the works of the people featured, as well as contemporary descriptions and anecdotes from unpublished as well as published source. The books should be of interest to general readers and students alike. Richard Holmes is the author of "Shelley: The Pursuit" (which on the Somerset Maugham Award, "Coleridge: Early Visions" (which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award) and "Dr Johnson &amp; Mr Savage".

The Romantic Poets and Their Circle

HOLMES, Richard

First World War Poets (Npg Character Sketches)

JUDD, Alan

CRANE, DAVID

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