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The Life and Work of James Ward, R.A., 1769-1859
Oliver BeckettJames Ward
其他書名
The Forgotten Genius
出版Book Guild, 1995
主題Art / EuropeanArt / Subjects & Themes / Plants & AnimalsBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
ISBN08633294899780863329487
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZrAyAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Virtually ignored for a century, the painting of James Ward are at last being re-evaluated, and we are again discovering the charm and skill of one of Britain's foremost animal painters. From a harsh boyhood spent among the crowded tenements and Thames-side wharves of George III's London, Ward became first an engraver of the highest rank and then a painter and Royal Academician with a thriving practice among the aristocracy. Although tending to specialize in horses, prize livestock and other animals, Ward was a notable landscape and portrait painter, and his draughtsmanship was superb. Perhaps best know for his large romantic version of Gordale Scar, in the Tate Gallery, his work also included a vast allegorical painting of the Triumph of Waterloo, ill-received by the public, and since lost. This well-researched biography brings Ward's whole oeuvre into the context of his long life and brings a new dimension to our view of this neglected yet highly talented artist.-- Publisher description.