Books by Benjamin Robert Haydon
“These are the writings of a painter who was so bad at art, and yet was one of the greatest prose writers of the nineteenth century. It’s brilliantly observed and coruscating fantastic prose. The diaries are not as well-known as they should be, but they’re right up there with the letters of Byron.” Read more...
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Andrew Graham-Dixon, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Benjamin Robert Haydon were recommended
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Turner: Imagination and Reality
by Lawrence Gowing -
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The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers
by T J Clark -
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Literary Landscape: Turner and Constable
by Ronald Paulson -
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Night Studio: A Memoir of Philip Guston
by Musa Mayer -
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Neglected Genius: The Diaries of Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1808–1846
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Andrew Graham-Dixon on His Favourite Art Books
Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon takes us through his favourite art books, one of which is the best thing he has ever read about art. He contends that Monet is a follower of Turner, reflects on how the purpose of history of art has changed, and introduces us to the diaries of an “astonishingly bad” painter which reveal him to be one of the nineteenth century’s greatest prose writers.
