The crucial dialogue between British and French artists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is explored for the first time in this unique publication. The pivotal figures of Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Walter Sickert are examined alongside Pierre Bonnard, Henri Fantin-Latour, Sir William Rothenstein, James Tissot, Edourd Vuillard and James McNeill Whistler, bringing together some of the greatest names in avant-garde art of the time. Arranged chronologically, this stunningly illustrated book examines the introduction of Degas's work to the British art world; his influence on a circle of younger artists, most significantly Walter Sickert; the growing influence of French culture on British society and the first exhibitions of the quintessentially Parisian Toulouse-Lautrec in Britain.
Language
English
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Tate
Release
March 01, 2006
ISBN
1854376349
ISBN 13
9781854376343
Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris 1870-1910
The crucial dialogue between British and French artists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is explored for the first time in this unique publication. The pivotal figures of Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Walter Sickert are examined alongside Pierre Bonnard, Henri Fantin-Latour, Sir William Rothenstein, James Tissot, Edourd Vuillard and James McNeill Whistler, bringing together some of the greatest names in avant-garde art of the time. Arranged chronologically, this stunningly illustrated book examines the introduction of Degas's work to the British art world; his influence on a circle of younger artists, most significantly Walter Sickert; the growing influence of French culture on British society and the first exhibitions of the quintessentially Parisian Toulouse-Lautrec in Britain.