Contributions

  • Wright, Barnaby. - Contributor
  • Baron, Wendy. - Contributor
  • Tickner, Lisa. - Contributor
  • Courtauld Institute Galleries. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - Courtauld Gallery in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

27,750 words, Guess

Page Count

111 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL20914657M
  • ISBN-139781903470596
  • ISBN-101903470595
  • OCLC Control Number174130615
  • LibraryThing5009102
and 1 more
  • Goodreads2773235

Classifications

  • LCCND497.S48 A4 2007
  • LCCND497.S5

Alternate Titles

  • Camden Town nudes

Description

"This catalogue accompanies the first exhibition devoted to the group of female nudes painted by Walter Sickert (1860-1942) in and around Camden Town between 1905 and 1912. The uncompromising realism of Sickert's nudes, set in the murky interiors of cheap lodging houses, broke artistic conventions and shocked critics. Today they are recognised as being among his most important contributions to the development of twentieth-century art." "This publication looks in detail at Sickert's reinvention of the nude as a subject of modern painting. It explores the ways in which he attempted to overturn outmoded traditions of the genre and pursue instead a stridently realist approach. These ambitions achieved their most profound expression in his so-called Camden Town Murder paintings which are brought together in this exhibition for the first time. Walter Sickert: The Camden Town Nudes offers an account of this important body of work by one of the most significant British artists of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

ExhibitionsNude in artEnglish ArtArt, britishArt, englishArt, catalogsArt, exhibitions

Genres

  • Exhibitions

Other Editions

  • Walter SickertCourtauld Gallery in association with Paul Holberton Publishing2007

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