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George Stubbs And The Wide Creation
By Robin Blake
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Description
Born the son of a Liverpool tradesman Stubbs was self-taught and at first struggled in obscurity as a northern provincial painter. Robin Blake's book uncovers Stubbs's origins and some of the secrets of his youth: sympathy with the Jacobite rebels and Catholicism; and a previously undocumented wife and family in York.
A 'niece' Mary became his mistress and lifelong companion working alongside him as he dissected the carcasses of horses. In 1776 he published these investigations as The Anatomy of the Horse which was his breakthrough leading to commissions from the most powerful men in Georgian Britain. By tracing the network of patronage and friendship through which George Stubbs operated Robin Blake reveals the remarkable succession of animals people and ideas which inspired him.
Stubbs emerges as a man of huge energy and complex sensibility whose artistry was informed by science politics literature classical art and - above all - nature itself.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
2016-08-25
Publication Date:
2016-08-25
Publisher:
Pimlico
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1845952391
ISBN13:
9781845952396
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Weight:
717 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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