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Modern Britain 1900-1960 : masterworks from Australian and New Zealand collections / Ted Gott, Laurie Benson, Sophie Matthiesson ; with Ann Galbally, Alison Inglis and contributors.

By: Gott, Ted, 1960-.
Contributor(s): Benson, Luarie, 1963- | Matthiesson, Sophie | Galbally, Ann | Inglis, Alison | Benson, Laurie | Inglish, Alison | Matthieson, Sophie | National Gallery of Victoria.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Melbourne, Vic. : National Gallery of Victoria, 2007Description: 308 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780724102921 (pbk.).Other title: Modern Britain nineteen hundred to nineteen hundred and sixty.Subject(s): Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Art, British -- 20th century | Painting, British | Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Great Britain | Painting, British -- 20th century | Sculpture, British -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 709.41
Contents:
Director's foreword / Gerard Vaughan -- Modern Britain 1900-1960 -- Modern Britain in Australia / Gerard Vaughan -- Framing Modern Britain -- Edwardians -- Bloomsbury and Roger Fry -- Camden Town -- Gwen John and Augustus John -- John, Innes, Lees -- Blasted visions -- Walter Sickert -- The exuberant landscape -- The Seven and Five Society -- Setting the pace -- The changing face -- Glyn Philpot -- L.S. Lowry -- The nude -- Stanley Spencer -- Religious visions -- Australian surrealists -- Paul Nash -- Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson -- Art and design -- Cornwall -- John Tunnard -- Second World War -- Tristram Hillier -- Ivon Hitchens -- Neo-romanticism -- William Roberts -- Aftermath -- Exhibition checklist -- Selected bibliography.
Bloomsbury group -- Roger Fry -- Gwen John -- Augustus John -- James Dickson Innes -- Derwent Lees -- Walter Sickert -- Glyn Philpot -- L. S. Lowry -- Stanley Spencer -- Paul Nash -- Henry Moore -- Barbara Hepworth -- Ben Nicholson -- John Tunnard -- Tristram Hillier -- Ivon Hitchens -- William Roberts
Summary: "This publication will accompany an exhibition of the same title. It brings together and publishes for the first time many works of British art in Australian and New Zealand collections. The works of art comprise painting, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts, fashion and photography, all from the period 1900 to 1960"--Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Modern Britain 1900-1960' presents a panoramic survey of 250 masterworks by 93 artists and traces the development of British art over six decades of tremendous change and innovation.

Catalogue of an exhibition held 15 November 2007 - 24 February 2008 at NGV International, Melbourne.

Bibliography: p. 300-308.

Director's foreword / Gerard Vaughan -- Modern Britain 1900-1960 -- Modern Britain in Australia / Gerard Vaughan -- Framing Modern Britain -- Edwardians -- Bloomsbury and Roger Fry -- Camden Town -- Gwen John and Augustus John -- John, Innes, Lees -- Blasted visions -- Walter Sickert -- The exuberant landscape -- The Seven and Five Society -- Setting the pace -- The changing face -- Glyn Philpot -- L.S. Lowry -- The nude -- Stanley Spencer -- Religious visions -- Australian surrealists -- Paul Nash -- Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson -- Art and design -- Cornwall -- John Tunnard -- Second World War -- Tristram Hillier -- Ivon Hitchens -- Neo-romanticism -- William Roberts -- Aftermath -- Exhibition checklist -- Selected bibliography.

Bloomsbury group -- Roger Fry -- Gwen John -- Augustus John -- James Dickson Innes -- Derwent Lees -- Walter Sickert -- Glyn Philpot -- L. S. Lowry -- Stanley Spencer -- Paul Nash -- Henry Moore -- Barbara Hepworth -- Ben Nicholson -- John Tunnard -- Tristram Hillier -- Ivon Hitchens -- William Roberts

"This publication will accompany an exhibition of the same title. It brings together and publishes for the first time many works of British art in Australian and New Zealand collections. The works of art comprise painting, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts, fashion and photography, all from the period 1900 to 1960"--Provided by publisher.

Catalogue of an exhibition held 15 November 2007 - 24 February 2008 at NGV International, Melbourne

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