Helene Schjerfbeck - Couverture rigide

Anna-Maria Von Bonsdorff

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1912520036 ISBN 13 : 9781912520039

Editeur : Royal Academy of Arts, 2019

Synopsis

De juillet à août 2019, la Royal Academy of Art à Londres dédie une exposition à Hélène Schjerfbeck, artiste méconnue en dehors de la Finlande et iconique dans son pays, malgré ses relations avec l'école de Pont-Aven ou encore les artistes de St Ives en Angleterre. Ce catalogue se présente comme une monographie rétrospective de l'oeuvre de cette artiste de la fin du XIXe siècle, de ses premiers paysages naturalistes à ses autoportraits plus poétiques et épurés.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anna-Maria von Bonsdorff is chief curator at the Ateneum Art Museum / Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki. Rebecca Bray is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academt of Arts, London. Désirée de Chair is co-curator of 'Helene Schjerfbeck' at the Royal Academt of Arts, London. The art historian Jeremy Lewison was formerly Director of Collections at Tate.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A new study examining the life and work of Helene Schjerfbeck, the Finnish painter who influenced Bacon, Freud and Auerbach. Published to accompany a major retrospective at the Royal Academy, running from 20 July to 27 October, 2019, the first time her works have been seen in London since 1890. Though little known outside her native country, Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) is one of Finland's best-loved artists. Her career, which stretched from the late 1870s to the end of the Second World War, encompassed both Impressionism and Modernism. This book records an exhibition that marks the first time her works have been seen in the UK since she exhibited in London herself in 1890. It presents the full range of her exceptional paintings and drawings, with 70 works in all genres, including portrait, landscape and still-life. Schjerfbeck's technique, her social and cultural context and her legacy are all examined in depth by the authors. Her influence on such artists as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach is considered, while a series of self-portraits reveals the artist from youth to old age. The book also explores the role of the masquerade in Schjerfbeck's work, and the impact of old-master paintings on her practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Royal Academy of Arts
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912520036
• ISBN 13: 9781912520039
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible