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Book Cover for: Painted Lives: David Hockney and Vanessa Bell, Marina Vaizey

Painted Lives: David Hockney and Vanessa Bell

Marina Vaizey

Two of the most interesting and pioneering British artists of the 20th century may be just as crucial in the trajectory of modern art for their private lives, their biographies, as for their painting. Vanessa Bell was a significant woman artist, for whom portraiture was a central preoccupation, and whose personal life, as a member of the Bloomsbury Group, has been the subject of endless study. Her complex life story has almost obscured her art, which is now being newly examined. She experimented early on with abstraction, and then turned to domestic subjects, modifying the lessons of French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism which had so influenced Bloomsbury artistic thinking. David Hockney is a hugely versatile artist - painter, draughtsman, print-maker, writer, stage-designer - who has always been fascinated with new technology, including photography, fax, film and iPad. Yet he too is essentially an autobiographical artist, . MV 04/2017

Book Details

  • Publisher: CV Publications
  • Publish Date: Aug 24th, 2023
  • Pages: 136
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.50in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781908419996
  • Categories: • Individual Artists - Essays

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About the Author

Vaizey, Marina: - Marina Vaizey is a lecturer, writer and art critic. She was the art critic of the Financial Times for four years, and The Sunday Times for eighteen years. She has been a council member of the Arts Council, the Crafts Council, several art colleges, national museums, Friends groups and arts centres. Among her books are The Artist as Photographer, 100 Masterpieces of Art, Great Women Collectors, and she has written numerous catalogues, led over fifty trips visiting cultural institutions abroad, and lectured to art societies and in museums and galleries. She is currently writing for theartsdesk.com, the Burlington magazine,

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