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George Lance: Victorian Master of Still Life
John Radcliffe
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Description for George Lance: Victorian Master of Still Life
Hardcover. First in-depth study of a much-admired Victorian artist Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 197. .
George Lance (1802-1864), a pupil of B.R. Haydon, a titanic figure in the Regency art world, brought new vibrancy to still life painting in the early Victorian period. In his seminal work Victorian Painting (1966) Graham Reynolds stated that the revival of still life painting, as an artist's main preoccupation, was effected almost single-handedly by Lance. Over one hundred years earlier J.M.W. Turner had expressed the view that Lance was one of the three greatest colourists of his era. Lavishly illustrated with Lance's works and detailing other aspects of his life, this book gives a rounded picture of the man, ... Read more
George Lance (1802-1864), a pupil of B.R. Haydon, a titanic figure in the Regency art world, brought new vibrancy to still life painting in the early Victorian period. In his seminal work Victorian Painting (1966) Graham Reynolds stated that the revival of still life painting, as an artist's main preoccupation, was effected almost single-handedly by Lance. Over one hundred years earlier J.M.W. Turner had expressed the view that Lance was one of the three greatest colourists of his era. Lavishly illustrated with Lance's works and detailing other aspects of his life, this book gives a rounded picture of the man, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781300312
SKU
V9781781300312
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About John Radcliffe
John Radcliffe practised as a solicitor in the City of London for the whole of his professional life. He retired in 1997 and has devoted much of the last ten years to research into the life of his forebear, George Lance.Mark Lance, a collateral descendant of the artist, is a Fellow of the Institute of Secretaries and Administrators. He is ... Read more
Reviews for George Lance: Victorian Master of Still Life
This book will be of interest to any scholar of the period or admirers of still-life painting.
Nancy Langham-Hooper, Burlington Magazine, June 2018 (07/25/2018)
Nancy Langham-Hooper, Burlington Magazine, June 2018 (07/25/2018)