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Author Treuherz, Julian.

Title Ford Madox Brown : Pre-Raphaelite pioneer / Julian Treuherz ; with contributions by Angela Thirlwell and Kenneth Bendiner
Published London : Philip Wilson Publishers ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]
©2011

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Description 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Contents Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite pioneer / Julian Treuherz -- The game of life: Ford Madox Brown, a character study / Angela Thirlwell -- Ford Madox Brown's humour / Kenneth Bendiner -- Ford Madox Brown in Manchester / Julian Treuherz -- Catalogue of works -- The artist and his family -- The early period -- The change of direction -- The draughtsman -- The landscape painter -- The painter of modern life -- The storyteller -- The portrait painter -- The designer -- The Manchester period -- The end
Summary This major monograph accompanies an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery to be held in autumn 2011, the first comprehensive showing of Ford Madox Brown's work since 1964. All the artist's important paintings are illustrated and discussed in an authoritative but accessible style, and the book also contains a chronology of his career and four essays: a general introduction to Brown's art by Julian Treuherz, who also contributes an account of Brown's Manchester period; a character study of the artist by Angela Thirlwell; and an analysis of Brown's humour by Kenneth Bendiner
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
Notes Published on the occasion of an exhibition held Sept. 24, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012 at Manchester Art Gallery and Feb. 25-June 3, 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
Subject Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 -- Catalogues raisonnés.
Pre-Raphaelitism -- England.
Genre/Form Catalogues raisonnés.
Author Bendiner, Kenneth, 1947-
Thirlwell, Angela.
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893.
Manchester City Art Gallery.
LC no. 2011535759
ISBN 9780856677007
0856677000
9780901673800
0901673803
Other Titles Pre-Raphaelite pioneer