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Walter Sickert /

"To accompany an exhibition of one of the central figures in British art and the first exhibition dedicated to Sickert at Tate since 1960. An apprentice of Whistler and close associate of Degas, he engaged with the work of French artists of the time. Sickert in turn influenced many British pain...

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Main Authors: Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.
Corporate Authors: Tate Britain (Gallery); Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France)
Group Author: Chambers, Emma (Editor); Robins, Anna Gruetzner; Montfort, Patricia de; Kennedy, Thomas (Art museum curator); Rough, Billy; Corbeau-Parsons, Caroline; Donachie, Kaye, 1970-; Norris, Katy; Levy, Delphine; Tickner, Lisa; Critchlow, Somaya, 1993-; Baron, Wendy; Rose, Sam (Art historian); Hammer, Martin
Published: Tate Publishing,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Sickert, Walter, > 1860-1942 > Exhibitions.
Sickert, Walter, > 1860-1942 > Criticism and interpretation.
Sickert, Walter, > 1860-1942 > Themes, motives.
Sickert, Walter, > 1860-1942.
Tate Britain (Gallery) > Exhibitions > 21st century.
Tate Britain (Gallery)
Figurative painting, British > 19th century > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Themes, motives.
Figurative painting, British.
Illustrated works.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art criticism.
Exhibition catalogs.
Summary: "To accompany an exhibition of one of the central figures in British art and the first exhibition dedicated to Sickert at Tate since 1960. An apprentice of Whistler and close associate of Degas, he engaged with the work of French artists of the time. Sickert in turn influenced many British painters up to the present day. This book will show how Sickert transformed the representation of everyday life, with his approach to subject matter, radical compositions and the evocation of the materiality of existence in paint. It will explore the changing nature of his work - from an impressionistic approach in the 1880s to photography in the 1930s - and how he returned over and over to locations and subjects, including his penetrating self-portraits. Sickert's imagination was fuelled by news and current events such as the Camden Town Murders and newspaper photography, but also by popular culture - music halls, the stage, the rise of cinema and celebrity. Featuring over 200 images from the exhibition and a range of essays by scholars, as well as reflections on Sickert's relevance and influence by a selection of contemporary painters including Kaye Donachie and Somaya Critchlow." --
Item Description: Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Tate Britain, London, April 28-September 18, 2022, and at Petit Palais, Paris, October 14, 2022-January 29, 2023.
"In memory of Delphine Lévy (1969-2020)"--Page before title page.
Carrier Form: 239 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781849768214
1849768218
Index Number: ND497
CLC: J205.561-28
Call Number: J205.561-28/S566
Contents: Director's Foreword --
Introduction /
The Look of Sickert: Painting the Self /
The Apprenticeship Years: From Whistler to Degas /
The Music Hall and the 'Stage-Struck' Artist /
The Much-Abused Apostle of Music-Hall Art: Sickert and the Stage /
Beyond Portraiture: Sickert and Lifelikeness /
Sickert's Portraits That Tell a Story /
'Full of Appeal--Sad--Wan--Touching': Sickert's 'Picturesque' Work /
Sickert and France /
Sickert and the Nude /
Sickert's Reframing of the Nude /
The Modern Conversation Pieces /
Final Years and Echoes /
Emulating Sickert: Auerbach, Bacon, Freud /
'Catch Me If You Can': Sickert and Jack the Ripper /

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