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Joan Eardley / Fiona Pearson ; with an essay by Sara Stevenson.

By: Pearson, Fiona [author. ].
Contributor(s): Stevenson, Sara [author.] | National Galleries of Scotland.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland, 2007Edition: Reprinted edition.Description: 96 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits (black and white) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781906270766 (paperback) .Subject(s): Eardley, Joan -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 759.2911 EAR
Contents:
The Early Years -- Italy and France -- Glasgow and Childhood -- Catterline -- The Late Work -- Joan Eardley and Photography by Sara Stevenson -- Chronology.
Summary: "Joan Eardley was one of the best-loved Scottish artists of the twentieth century. Her observations of children in the back streets of Glasgow as well as her expressionistic drawings and oils of the elements on the north-east coast of Scotland have caught the imagination of the Scottish public. Eardley is cherished as a painter of the Scottish identity in both town and country, who had a unique ability to sum up a community and the timeless drama of the natural world. This book examines Eardley's ouevre and its place in the international and British context and her reputation. It includes paintings and drawings from private collections, which have not been seen for many years, and works from the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which also holds the Joan Eardley Archive."
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General Lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 759.2911 EAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00230124
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Joan Eardley was one of the best-loved Scottish artists of the twentieth century. Her observations of children in the back streets of Glasgow as well as her expressionistic drawings and oils of the elements on the north-east coast of Scotland have caught the imagination of the Scottish public. Eardley is cherished as a painter of the Scottish identity in both town and country, who had a unique ability to sum up a community and the timeless drama of the natural world. This book examines Eardley's ouevre and its place in the international and British context and her reputation.



It includes paintings and drawings from private collections, which have not been seen for many years, and works from the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which also holds the Joan Eardley Archive.



Contents:

The Early Years; Italy and France; Glasgow and Childhood; Catterline; The Late Work; Joan Eardley and Photography by Sara Stevenson; Chronology.

Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Scottish National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh, 6 November 2007 - 13 January 2008.

Bibliography: (pages 94-95).

The Early Years -- Italy and France -- Glasgow and Childhood -- Catterline -- The Late Work -- Joan Eardley and Photography by Sara Stevenson -- Chronology.

"Joan Eardley was one of the best-loved Scottish artists of the twentieth century. Her observations of children in the back streets of Glasgow as well as her expressionistic drawings and oils of the elements on the north-east coast of Scotland have caught the imagination of the Scottish public. Eardley is cherished as a painter of the Scottish identity in both town and country, who had a unique ability to sum up a community and the timeless drama of the natural world. This book examines Eardley's ouevre and its place in the international and British context and her reputation. It includes paintings and drawings from private collections, which have not been seen for many years, and works from the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which also holds the Joan Eardley Archive."

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