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Author: Martin Gayford
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight: 0.400kg
ISBN: 9780500294703
ISBN 10: 0500294704
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 25 July 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'A wise and authoritative account of the post-war London art scene' - Artists & Illustrators 'All the good stories, and more, are here ... a genuinely encyclopaedic work ... Everybody interested in the subject should read it' - Andrew Marr, Sunday Times 'Superb ... you hang on to every word' - Rachel Cooke, Observer 'A seminal work: limpidly written, replete with lightly worn scholarship and unrivalled intimate knowledge' - William Boyd, New Statesman 'A masterpiece ... a major work of art history' - Wall Street Journal 'An anecdote-rich study of the geniuses and oddballs - Bacon, Freud, Hockney and more - who revived British art after the Second World War' - The Times
'A masterpiece ... a major work of art history' - Wall Street Journal 'A seminal work: limpidly written, replete with lightly worn scholarship and unrivalled intimate knowledge' - William Boyd, New Statesman 'Superb ... you hang on to every word' - Rachel Cooke, Observer 'All the good stories, and more, are here ... a genuinely encyclopaedic work ... Everybody interested in the subject should read it' - Andrew Marr, Sunday Times 'A wise and authoritative account of the post-war London art scene' - Artists & Illustrators
'All the good stories, and more, are here ... a genuinely encyclopaedic work ... Everybody interested in the subject should read it' - Andrew Marr, Sunday Times 'Superb ... you hang on to every word' - Rachel Cooke, Observer 'A seminal work: limpidly written, replete with lightly worn scholarship and unrivalled intimate knowledge' - William Boyd, New Statesman 'A masterpiece ... a major work of art history' - Wall Street Journal 'A wise and authoritative account of the post-war London art scene' - Artists & Illustrators 'An anecdote-rich study of the geniuses and oddballs - Bacon, Freud, Hockney and more - who revived British art after the Second World War' - The Times 'Superb, with vivid vignettes of the likes of Lucian Freud' - Daily Telegraph 'At once scholarly and wonderfully gossipy' - Choice
Author Information
Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator. His books include Man with a Blue Scarf, A Bigger Message, Rendez-vous with Art (with Philippe de Montebello) and, with David Hockney, A History of Pictures, all published by Thames & Hudson.
