De Chirico and the United Kingdom (c. 1916-1978)
Noel-Johnson Victoria
Maretti Editore
English Text.
Falciano, 2017; clothbound, pp. 832, col. ill., col. plates, cm 21,5x29.
ISBN: 88-98855-37-0 - EAN13: 9788898855377
Subject: Essays (Art or Architecture),Monographs (Painting and Drawing),Painting
Period: 1800-1960 (XIX-XX) Modern Period
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Weight: 4.25 kg
The publication also charts the artist's rapport with key British-based dealers and collectors (including the reconstruction of de Chirico works in important collections belonging to Roland Penrose, E. L. T. Mesens, Peter Watson, Edward James, Arthur Jeffress and Eric Estorick); the reaction in the British press to the artist's ever-changing work; as well as other collaborations including set and costume designs for London's Royal Opera House (Le Bal, Ballets Russes, 1929, and Protée, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938-1939). It also includes transcriptions of the artist's scarcely-known lecture, The Italian Renaissance and the Present-Day Painter, which he delivered to the Royal Society of Arts in May 1949, and an unpublished manuscript revealing his admiration for Constable (Pensieri dell'Arte, c. 1948).
By establishing the extensive presence of the artist's work in the UK (c. 1916- 1978), the publication constitutes a solid foundation for future studies that seek to reassess de Chirico's role in the history of 20th century British art, particularly that of British surrealism