The Blue Boy & Pinkie

Wark, Robert R.

ISBN 10: 0873281705 / ISBN 13: 9780873281706

Editore: Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A., 1998

Codice articolo 4002987

Riassunto:

This handsome gift volume reveals the stories behind the Huntington's best-known paintings,The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough and Pinkie by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Purchased by Henry E. Huntington in the 1920s, the two masterpieces have resided together in the railroad magnate's mansion-turned-art gallery in San Marino, California, for more than seventy years. Who were the children in these paintings and why did these leading artists choose them as subjects? These and many other intriguing questions are answered by renowned art historian Robert R. Wark. Sixteen color plates featurePinkie and the Blue Boy as well as other related paintings.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Robert R. Wark is the former Curator of Art of the Huntington Art Galleries. His books includeEarly British Drawings in the Huntington Collection 1660-1750 and Ten British Pictures 1740-1840.

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Titolo: The Blue Boy & Pinkie
Casa editrice: Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A.
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: Hardcover
Illustratore: Illustrated in Color
Condizione: As New
Condizione sovraccoperta: As New
Edizione: Reissue