Henry Rushbury : prints a catalogue raisonné

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Henry Rushbury : prints a catalogue raisonné

Royal Academy of Arts, c2010

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Henry Rushbury RA : drawings, watercolours and prints

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalog of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Tennant Gallery, June 4-Sept. 12, 2010

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105) and index

Other title from T. p. verso

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Sir Henry Rushbury RA (1889-1968) is a forgotten treasure of twentieth-century British art. Internationally renowned during his lifetime, Rushbury was a modern master of the ancient art of drypoint. With no more than a few minute grooves and flecks cut in the surface of a copperplate, he conjured extraordinary effects of atmosphere in topographical views made throughout Europe, from the churches of London to the ancient hilltop village of Les Baux-de-Provence and the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence. This catalogue raisonne of Rushburys prints presents a timely opportunity for the rediscovery and reassessment of this astonishing body of work. A lively introduction by the art historian Felicity Owen places Rushburys highly successful career in the context of the febrile art world of inter-war Britain, while a biography by the artists daughter includes previously unpublished details of his working life to complete a compelling portrait of one of the countrys finest printmakers. Felicity Owen is an art historian specialising in eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century art.

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