Screen LibrarySea star : Sean Scully at the National Gallery /
Sean Scully (b.1945) is an Irish-born, American-based painter and printmaker, best known for his monumental oil paintings which draw on the traditions of Abstract Expressionism. This beautiful catalogue showcases a new body of work inspired by the National Gallery's own collection and in partic...
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National Gallery Company,
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London : New Haven, CT : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Sean Scully (b.1945) is an Irish-born, American-based painter and printmaker, best known for his monumental oil paintings which draw on the traditions of Abstract Expressionism. This beautiful catalogue showcases a new body of work inspired by the National Gallery's own collection and in particular by British artist J.M.W. Turner's The Evening Star (c. 1830). For Scully, this elegiac picture constitutes one of Turner's most profound paintings, leading to new departures in his own work; using the motif of stripes or checkerboards, the artist evokes landscapes and architecture, horizons, field |
| Item Description: | "Published to accompany the exhibition: "Sea star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery" 13 April - 11 August 2019"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 127 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781857096453 1857096452 |
| Index Number: | ND497 |
| CLC: |
J171.209.9-28 J231(712)-28 |
| Call Number: | J231(712)-28/H568 |