Awards
- Short-listed for APMA Best Atlantic-Published Book Award 2014 (Canada)
- Short-listed for Canadian Regional Design Award 2014 (Canada)
Overview
Finalist, Best Atlantic Published Book Award Finalist, Canadian Regional Design Award A major publication comprising 240 pages with 75 colour plates and 60 black-and-white photographs provides extensive documentation of the exhibition Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Along with a complete catalogue of artworks, it features an overview and history of the historic collection, along with curatorial commentary on each work of art by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery's Curator and Deputy Director, and curator of the exhibition, Terry Graff. Further, it includes important essays by five internationally respected art historians, scholars, and curators, Elliot King, James Hamilton, Richard Calvocoressi, Angus Stewart, and Katharine Eustace, that focus on several key works of art. In addition, Bernard Riordon, Director and CEO of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, provides a foreword and timely essay documenting the recently resolved legal battle with the Beaverbrook Foundation (UK) over ownership of several works. Elliot King, art historian and leading specialist on the work of Salvador Dalí and curator of the recent exhibition Dalí: The Late Work at the High Museum of Art, examines Dalí's monumental painting Santiago El Grande. James Hamilton, curator and art historian, who has written several books, lectured internationally, and curated several important exhibitions on JMW Turner, examines Turner's Fountain of Indolence. Richard Calvocoressi, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation and former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, provides special insight into Lucien Freud's Hotel Bedroom. Angus Stewart, independent curator known for his many exhibitions at the Olympia London fine art and antiques fair, including the major 2003 project that marked the centenary of artist Graham Sutherland's birth, examines important Sutherland works, such as Helena Rubinstein, Studies for Churchill, and Portrait of Lord Beaverbrook. Katharine Eustace, art historian and curator, whose publications include Continuity and Change: Twentieth Century Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, provides a thoughtful essay on Walter Sickert in relation to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery's Sickert paintings, such as H.M. King Edward VIII.
Full Product Details
Author: Terry Graff ,
James Hamilton ,
Katharine Eustace ,
Angus Stewart
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Imprint: Goose Lane Editions
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 30.50cm
Weight: 1.600kg
ISBN: 9780864926425
ISBN 10: 0864926421
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 19 February 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
Masterworks is a long overdue tribute to the incredible range and depth of Lord Beaverbrook's collection, amassed over his lifetime in England and worldwide. -- John K. Grande, Vie des Arts
"""Masterworks is a long overdue tribute to the incredible range and depth of Lord Beaverbrook's collection, amassed over his lifetime in England and worldwide."" - John K. Grande - Vie des Arts - 20131218"
<i>Masterworks</i> is a long overdue tribute to the incredible range and depth of Lord Beaverbrook's collection, amassed over his lifetime in England and worldwide. - John K. Grande - <i>Vie des Arts</i> - 20131218
Author Information
Terry Graff is a visual artist, curator, and writer. He has served as Director and Chief Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. His art work has toured internationally and is included in many private and public collections.
