Background
Sutton, Peter Campbell was born on March 30, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Xavier and Jacqueline (Young) Sutton.
(An examination of the "Golden Age" of Dutch landscape pai...)
An examination of the "Golden Age" of Dutch landscape painting, identifying masterpieces and relating landscape traditions to the cultural and socio-economic climate of the time. The work discusses the Dutch art market, patronage and the parallels between art and literature.
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(Pieter de Hooch, one of the most famous and innovative ar...)
Pieter de Hooch, one of the most famous and innovative artists of Holland's Golden Age, played a pioneering role in the Delft School and m the advancement of genre painting and naturalism in the seventeenth century. Best known for his expressive use of interior space and sun-filled courtyards, de Hooch's command of perspective and responsiveness to light and atmosphere were unprecedented, and his work undoubtedly influenced his younger but more famous colleague Vermeer.This beautiful book examines de Hooch's position in Dutch genre painting and the social and political context of his art in the United Netherlands. It also addresses the artist's favored themes -- in particular the virtue of domesticity -- and relates them to Dutch civilization, literature, and the history of the family in the Protestant republic. Peter Sutton investigates de Hooch's approach to narration and his practice of encoding commentaries through symbolism, gesture, and such time-honored devices as the painting within the painting. In addition, he discusses new technical data concerning the artist's painting techniques, materials, and working methods. Through word and image, the book traces de Hooch's artistic development from his early beloved Delft period pictures to his more elegant and aristocratic paintings from his later years in Amsterdam.
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(A substantial catalogue of the vast holdings at the Phila...)
A substantial catalogue of the vast holdings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. More than 150 works of art are presented and commented on by Peter C Sutton a former curator at the Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Over a decade in the making, this formidable scholarly work presents a remarkable range of pictures. It will be of immense interest to students of art or cultural history. The museum's collection of Dutch painting has been termed "a connoisseur's dream and a cataloguer's nightmare". It is one of the most extensive in the United States.
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Sutton, Peter Campbell was born on March 30, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Francis Xavier and Jacqueline (Young) Sutton.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1972; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1978.
Finley fellow National Gallery Art, Washington, 1978-1979. Assistant curator European paintings Philadelphia Museum Art, 1979-1983, associate curator, 1983-1985. Mistress Russell W. Baker curator European paintings Museum Finance Arts, Boston, 1985.
Executive director, Chief Executive Officer Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.
(Pieter de Hooch, one of the most famous and innovative ar...)
(The Harold Samuel Collection, comprising eighty-four seve...)
(An examination of the "Golden Age" of Dutch landscape pai...)
(A substantial catalogue of the vast holdings at the Phila...)
(Book by Sutton, Peter C.)
(Book by Sutton, Peter C)
(First Edition)
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Member College Art Association (Alfred Barr award 1986), Union Boat Club.
Married Mary Lynn Riesmeyer, March 7, 1981. Children: Page Alicia, Spencer Burns.