Books by David Alan Mellor
“The artists and the type of art he was talking about in his book had simply been completely marginalised since that moment in the 60s because they didn’t fit that neat Franco-American idea of what modern progressive painting was all about. Mellor was finding a way of recuperating a conservative, traditionalist and very particular kind of British-inflected modern art.” Read more...
The best books on Modern British Painting
Chris Stephens, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
“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 where books by David Alan Mellor were recommended
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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
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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.
