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BOWNESS, Alan was born on January 11, 1928. Son of George and Kathleen (nee Benton) Bowness.
(Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), to many the greatest female...)
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), to many the greatest female sculptor in the history of Western art, is widely considered to be one of the most important British artists of the 20th century and a key figure in the development of British modernism. As the first in-depth and fully illustrated survey of Hepworth's drawings and oil paintings in nearly fifty years, which features the most comprehensive selection to date of works from all periods, many of which are reproduced in colour, this book will fill a conspicuous gap in Hepworth scholarship. Identifying the art and artists and the landscapes and seascapes that informed Barbara Hepworth's drawings, Alan Wilkinson provides an in-depth analysis of a remarkable body of work. Beginning with two accomplished early portraits, and the sculptural life studies of the late 1920s, the author guides the reader through the five decades of Hepworth's drawing career. Key works include the few drawings for sculpture from the 1930s, the outstanding abstract drawings with colour of the early 1940s, and Hepworth's most accessible and deeply felt drawings, the studies of 1947-49 of surgeons and nurses in operating theatres in Exeter and London. Later works reflect the importance of landscape to Hepworth, with place names included in some of the titles of images that are evocative, rather than literal, depictions of landscape and seascape motifs. Comparative images help to substantiate the narrative and document direct influences and visual affinities with the work of Moore, Nicholson, Gabo and the Parisian avant-garde. Featuring previously unpublished Hepworth drawings as well as many enlightening quotations from the artist's own writings, this publication is essential reading for scholars, artists and the many collectors of Hepworth's drawings, as well as all those interested in the history of 20th-century British art.
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(Catalogo di mostra, Zurigo, Galerie Charles Lienhard, mag...)
Catalogo di mostra, Zurigo, Galerie Charles Lienhard, maggio 1960. Con testi in inglese di Alan Bowness e dell'artista. 6 tavole in bianco e nero. Catalogo delle opere, bibliografia e biografia dell'artista 4to pp. 16 legatura con punto metallico (staple
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(Notiziario Aprile-maggio 1970, numero 80 dello Studio d'A...)
Notiziario Aprile-maggio 1970, numero 80 dello Studio d'Arte Contemporanea La Medusa. Notizie, presentazione della mostra "Alan Davie, Opere scelte". Con 5 tavole a colori e in bianco e nero, anche a doppia pagina, e biografia dell'artista 8vo pp. 12 leg
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(Notiziario Gennaio 1963, numero 36 dello Studio d'Arte Co...)
Notiziario Gennaio 1963, numero 36 dello Studio d'Arte Contemporanea La Medusa. Notizie, presentazione della prima mostra personale a Roma di Alan Davie, presentazione di Oreste Ferrari, esposizione da giovedì 4 gennaio 1963. Biografia, bibliografia e att
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(Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was one of the most formidable a...)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was one of the most formidable artists of the late nineteenth century, and one whose work was to have a profound influence on the development of art in the twentieth century. He began as an Impressionist, but went on to develop a more two-dimensional, richly-coloured style in his constant search for a 'lost paradise' untouched by nineteenth-century civilization. Gauguin's romantic and tragic life story is mirrored in the works in this outstanding anthology. Included are 48 full-page colour plates, not only of his best known, beautiful , atmospheric paintings of Tahiti in which Gauguin attempted to reconstruct the perfect life which he had failed to find in reality, but also of many powerful works which reflect the artist's contact with other early modern masters - Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne. Art historian Lesley Stevenson has written an informative, clear commentary to accompany each colour plate.
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BOWNESS, Alan was born on January 11, 1928. Son of George and Kathleen (nee Benton) Bowness.
University College School, Downing College, Cambridge, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
With Friends Ambulance Unit and Service Council, 1946—1950. Art officer Arts Council Great Britain, 1955—1957. Member, staff Courtauld Institute, 1957—1979, deputy director, 1978—1979.
Director Barbara Hepworth Museum, St. Ives, since 1976, Tate Gallery, London, 1980—1988. Member, fine arts committee British Council, since 1960, chairman, since 1980. Member, executive committee Contemporary Art Society, since 1961.
Member, international juries Premio Di Tella, Buenos Aires, 1965, Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil, 1967, Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg, Germany, 1970. Reader University London, 1967—1978, professor, history of art, 1978—1979. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1969.
Member, council Royal College Art, since 1978. Member Arts Council, 1973—1975, 1978—1980, Art Panel, 1960—1980, vice chairman, 1973—1975, chairman, 1978—1980, Arts Film Committee, 1972—1975, member, 1968—1977. Member, cultural advisory committee United Kingdom National Commission United Nations Educational, 1973—1982.
Honorary secretary Association Art Historians, 1973—1976.
(Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), to many the greatest female...)
(Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was one of the most formidable a...)
(Notiziario Aprile-maggio 1970, numero 80 dello Studio d'A...)
(Notiziario Gennaio 1963, numero 36 dello Studio d'Arte Co...)
(Catalogo di mostra, Zurigo, Galerie Charles Lienhard, mag...)
(orange cloth HB; good overall; interior is VG; no marks)
(Book by Tucker, Michael, Davie, Alan)
Author: William Scott Paintings, 1964, Impressionists and Post Impressionists, 1965, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-1964, 1965, Modern Sculpture, 1965, Barbara Hepworth Drawings, 1966, Alan Davie, 1967, Recent British Painting, 1968, Gauguin, 1971, Barbara Hepworth: Complete Sculpture 1960-1970, 1971, Modern European Art, 1972, Ivor Hitchens, 1973, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1964-1973, 1977. Co-author: Picasso 1881-1973, 1973, The Genius of British Painting, 1975, Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1973-1981, 1982. Contributor articles to magazines and professional journals.
Arts Council 1973-1975, 1978-1980, Art Panel 1960-1980. Fine Arts Committee, British Council 1960-1969, since 1970.; Council Royal College, of Art since 1978.
International juries for Premio Di Telia, Buenos Aires 1965, Sao Paulo Bienal 1967, Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg 1970.
Married Sarah Hepworth-Nicholson, 1957. 2 children.