Henry Scott Tuke /
Catalog of an exhibition held at Watts Gallery Artist Village, Compton, Surrey, UK, June 7, 2021 - September 12, 2021.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press
2021.
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| Summary: | Catalog of an exhibition held at Watts Gallery Artist Village, Compton, Surrey, UK, June 7, 2021 - September 12, 2021. "A timely survey of this significant British artist and the complexities surrounding his work and reputation today. Famed for his depictions of sun, sea, and sailing during a late Victorian and Edwardian golden age, the British painter Henry Scott Tuke RA (1858-1929) is an intriguing artistic anomaly. Moving between Cornish-based artist colonies and the London art scene, stylistically Tuke presents a fusion of progressive plein airisme, loose impressionistic handling, and a vivid palette, and yet he was fundamentally an academic painter of exhibition nudes. Though consistently successful throughout his lifetime, in the wake of two world wars Tuke's depictions of bathing boys came to represent a seemingly outmoded epoch. This far-reaching study features new research from leading authorities on Victorian and Edwardian art. Essays tackle questions of wide-ranging artistic influences, experimental art practice, and a varied reception history. Tuke's repeated portrayal of adolescent male nudes provokes challenging questions about the depiction, exhibition, and reception of the body--especially the young body--both then and now."--Yale University Press website (accessed 17/03/2021). "The exhibition explores the complexities that surround the life and art of this British painter, famed for his depictions of sun, sea and bathing during a late Victorian and Edwardian golden age. Tackling questions of artistic influence and art practice, it brings together some of Tuke's most significant and evocative artworks. The exhibition also explores the varied reception of Tuke's works, which have provoked a complex range of responses from the pastoral to the erotic. It invites visitors to consider how his art provokes questions about the depiction and exhibition of the body, both in the artist's lifetime and today."-- |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-152) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300247589 0300247583 |