Overview
During her fifteen years in England the Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman made a significant impact on British art, not least as one of the only two female founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1778 she was commissioned by the Academy to paint a set of four paintings to represent the 'Elements of Art' as expounded by its President, Sir Joshua Reynolds. These large ceiling paintings, now installed at Burlington House, show four female figures as Invention, Composition, Design and Colour. Accompanying a new exhibition of her paintings, this book charts Kauffman's artistic career in London. An introduction by the internationally renowned Kauffman scholar Bettina Baumgärtel is followed by an essay by Helen Valentine, Senior Curator at the RA, on the Elements series. The curator Annette Wickham writes on Kauffman's continued influence for contemporary artists, focusing on the installation created by the former RA Schools student Sarah Pickford in 2018. Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in collaboration with the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf Accompanies an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 28 June-20 September 2020, which then travels to the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. AUTHORS: Bettina Baumgartel is head of the painting collection at the Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, and a leading authority on the art of Angelica Kauffman. Helen Valentine is Senior Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Annette Wickham is Curator of Works on Paper at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. SELLING POINTS: One of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts, Angelica Kauffman is among the most important female painters of the eighteenth century Kauffman's influential series 'The Elements of Art' was commissioned by the Academy in 1778 Accompanies a major exhibition of her paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts, London 72 colour images
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Author: Bettina Baumgärtel ,
Helen Valentine ,
Annette Wickham
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Imprint: Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN: 9781912520466
ISBN 10: 191252046
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 08 June 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Bettina Baumgärtel is head of the painting collection at the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, and a leading authority on the art of Angelica Kauffman. Helen Valentine is Senior Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Annette Wickham is Curator of Works on Paper at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
