Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer

by Julian Treuherz

Book Overview

Ford Madox Brown had already pioneered a style of painting which came to be known as Pre-Raphaelite before the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in 1848. His beautifully observed landscapes anticipated the open-air effects of the Impressionists. His art was anti-academic, rejecting easy solutions, prettiness, and conventional Victorian formulae. He depicted children without sentimentality and poor people without condescension. This major monograph...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856677000
• ISBN13: 9780856677007
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.6" x 10.9"