Books by Chris Stephens
Chris Stephens has been Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath, since July 2017. Before that he worked at Tate in London for twenty-one years, for much of that time as Head of Displays at Tate Britain and Lead Curator of Modern British Art. His numerous exhibitions include some of the Tate’s most successful shows, such as ‘Barbara Hepworth: Centenary’ at Tate St Ives in 2003 and, in London, ‘Francis Bacon’ (2008), ‘Henry Moore’ (2010), ‘Picasso and British Art’ (2012) and ‘David Hockney’ (2017). As a leading expert on modern British art, he has published extensively and his book – St Ives: The Art and the Artists was published in 2018.
“Richard Smith has a passionate following amongst a small number of people. He seems to be a very well-kept secret. This is the first substantial publication on him, as until now there have only been small exhibition catalogues or inclusion in several broader surveys of painting to mark him out. His work is pivotal for understanding British Modernist painting.” Read more...
The best books on Modern British Painting
Chris Stephens, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews with Chris Stephens
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Modern Life & Modern Subjects: British Art in the Early Twentieth Century
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A Paradise Lost: The Neo-Romantic Imagination in Britain 1935-55
by David Alan Mellor -
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Francis Bacon
by John Russell -
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David Hockney By David Hockney
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Richard Smith Artworks 1956-2016
by Alex Massouras, Chris Stephens, David Alan Mellor & Martin Harrison
The best books on Modern British Painting, recommended by Chris Stephens
The best books on Modern British Painting, recommended by Chris Stephens
Artists the world over interpreted Modernism in very distinctive ways, explains the expert curator Chris Stephens. In Britain, painters like David Hockney and Francis Bacon worked in transatlantic dialogue with their contemporaries in the US, producing “English-accented echoes.” Here, Stephens selects five of the best books on Modern British painting that illuminate its place within a global movement.
Interviews where books by Chris Stephens were recommended
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1
Modern Life & Modern Subjects: British Art in the Early Twentieth Century
by Lisa Tickner -
2
A Paradise Lost: The Neo-Romantic Imagination in Britain 1935-55
by David Alan Mellor -
3
Francis Bacon
by John Russell -
4
David Hockney By David Hockney
by David Hockney -
5
Richard Smith Artworks 1956-2016
by Alex Massouras, Chris Stephens, David Alan Mellor & Martin Harrison
The best books on Modern British Painting, recommended by Chris Stephens
The best books on Modern British Painting, recommended by Chris Stephens
Artists the world over interpreted Modernism in very distinctive ways, explains the expert curator Chris Stephens. In Britain, painters like David Hockney and Francis Bacon worked in transatlantic dialogue with their contemporaries in the US, producing “English-accented echoes.” Here, Stephens selects five of the best books on Modern British painting that illuminate its place within a global movement.
