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John Piper
This book re-examines the work of John Piper who, as well as being a prominent painter, printmaker and photographer, was an active figure in many cultural spheres during the 1940s when the foundations of his reputation were laid. It brings together work that was officially commissioned during the Second World War and contextualises it with work from the pre-war and post-war years. All aspects of Piper's work during the forties are examined.
Slow Looking
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The Art of John Piper
A full account of his artistic life with supporting and textural images written by two leading experts on Piper.
Whistler, Sargent, and Steer
Presented in conjunction with the October 2002 exhibition, this volume features examples from the Tate Collections of works by Whistler, Sargent and Steer, who have been credited with bringing modern art to London near the end of the 19th century. Essays by art historians David Fraser Jenkins and Avis Berman discuss the influences that shaped the works of each artist, as well as the characteristics of British arts and letters during that period as seen through the experience of artist and writer W. Graham Robertson. Contains several color and b & w illustrations in addition to 38 color reproductions (accompanied by detailed descriptions) in the catalogue.
William Wilkins
Focusing upon the remarkable pointillist technique of the artist, this book represents the long and celebrated career of the artist together with the slow maturation of his style. The pictures themselves are accessible both in terms of content and composition and will therefore appeal to a wide audience of art lovers.
GWEN JOHN
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Paul Nash
An analysis of the themes and visual symbolism in the work of one of the great pioneers of British Modernism.
Gwen John and Augustus John
Augustus John (1878-1961) was a hugely charismatic and colourful figure, his technical skill as a draughtsman matched by his bohemian manners and dashing appearance. In the pre-war years he epitomised the rebellious artist, travelling the country in a caravan and learning Romany as a result of the time he spent with gypsies. An official War artist during the first war, he subsequently took up a career as a portraitist, painting the leading literary figures of his day as well as inheriting Sargent's mantle as a painter of Society. Gwen John (1876-1939) studied at the Slade along with Augustus, leaving in the same year (1898). She then studied in Paris under Whistler, adopting his remarkable control of colour. In 1904 she settled permanently in France, where she earned a living as a model for artists including Rodin, who became her lover. The opposite of her brother both in personality and artistically, she favoured introspective subjects, and led a reclusive life.
William Orpen
The best known of the Official War Artists sent to France, Orpen was the only one to publish an extensive memoir of his experiences and observations. He was a talented writer, and his accounts of the last two years of the Great War and the Peace Conference that followed it are vivid, lucid and shrewd. This compelling book was first published in 1921.
The Prints of John Piper
"This is an expanded and revised edition of Orde Levinson's definitive catalogue raisonne of the prints of John Piper: an essential reference book for collectors, curators, prints specialists and art historians, and an invaluable visual resource for all those with an interest in Piper's prolific and varied printmaking output. John Piper (1903-92) was one of the most versatile and interesting British artists of the twentieth century and was at the cutting edge of many elements of the British art scene. Although best known for his paintings, Piper has achieved the highest respect for his works in stained glass and ceramics, his stage, set and costume designs, art-critical writings, and his large corpus of prints. The prints are innovative, lively and continuously challenge the medium.
