Herkomer - A Victorian Artist

Herkomer: A Victorian artist is a study of the life and work of the Victorian portraitist and social-realist painter, a self-made polymath whose boundless enthusiasm led him to take an early and important interest in photography, film-making, stagecraft and motoring.

About the author

Lee MacCormick Edwards has a doctorate in Art History from Columbia University. She is a writer and lecturer specialising in the Victorian era.

Summary

An examination of the Victorian painter Herkomer, this book looks at his social realist work and his links with the Arts and Crafts movement. Letters, journals and manuscript materials are used to give fresh insights into the artist's ambitions and concerns.

Product details

• Authors: Lee MacCormick Edwards
• Publisher: GB Gardners Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9781840146868
• ISBN: 978-1-84014-686-8
• No. of pages: 159
• Weight: 1316 g
• Illustrations: w. 144 b&w ill., 24 col. plates.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, ART / History / General, ART / European, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / American / General, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: historical, political and military, Paintings and painting