This book is the first to concentrate on Reynolds's subject pictures. It demonstrates the way in which these pictures played a central role in shaping and defining Reynolds's attitudes towards the his
This splendid two-volume catalogue of the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), the father of British portrait painting and first president of the Royal Academy, represents one of the most imp
Long known as the father of British landscape painting, Richard Wilson (1713?1782) was in fact at the heart of a profound conceptual shift in European landscape art. This magnificently illustrated vo
Published to coincide with two major loan exhibitions at Compton Verney Art Gallery & Park, Warwickshire: Painting Childhood: From Holbein to Freud and Childhood Now (both 16 March – 16 June 2019), th
The 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733–1810) was an astute observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an artist over the course of his long career. This catalogue investigates
Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) is perhaps best known for his mystical biblical scenes and candid self portraits, but it was his magnificent paintings of gardens, houses and landscapes, set in the small a
