Places of the Mind (British Museum)

British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950

Kim Sloan, Jessica Feather, Anna Gruetzner Robins , Sam Smiles

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
20 July 2023

Watercolours; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)

A fresh perspective on British landscape drawing in the Victorian and Modern eras.

The attempts by artists of the Victorian and early Modern period to convey not merely the physical properties of a landscape but also its emotional and spiritual impact - landscape as 'places of the mind', as the critic Geoffrey Grigson put it - is the focus of this fascinating new study of British watercolours produced between 1850 and 1950.

Drawing on the British Museum's impressive collection, this book explores artists' spiritual quests to capture the essence of landscape and convey a sense of place. Artists of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries drew on earlier traditions but developed and extended the genre through their imaginative, personal responses to the artistic, cultural and social upheavals of the time.

The book includes works by Victorian artists Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Poynter and by many well known twentieth-century artists, such as John and Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore, some of which have never previously been published.

Text by: Jessica Feather, Anna Gruetzner Robins, Sam Smiles, Frances Carey
Edited by: Kim Sloan
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 250mm,
Weight: 1.260kg
ISBN: 9780500026403
ISBN 10: 0500026408
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kim Sloan is Curator of British Drawings and Watercolours at the British Museum. Jessica Feather is Allen Fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Reviews for Places of the Mind (British Museum): British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950

'One of the best surveys of British landscape painting you are likely to find' - The Artist 'Fascinating and original ' - Times Literary Supplement 'Not merely a catalogue, but stands alone as a very interesting read' - The Lady