In Focus
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Architecture and Design
Since my earliest days in Modern British art, I was delighted to...
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Paolozzi was a key part of the generation of British sculptors who,...
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£20 and under!
Whilst art books are often expensive when new and sometimes even more...
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The Artists of Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard in Cambridge is something of a shrine to a particular...
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Modernism in Britain between the Wars: Volumes from the library of Gordon & Ursula Bowyer Part 2
The 1920s and 1930s in Britain were times of great contrast; much...
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John Piper
An artist whose career extended from the late 1920s to the early...
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Eric Ravilious
Killed during WWII at the age of just 39, Ravilious is an...
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Edward Bawden
Painter, illustrator, designer and printmaker, Bawden was a fascinating character. Look through...
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Keith Vaughan
A major figure of the post-war period in Britain, there are many...
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Edward Bawden, Paul Nash, John Piper, Eric Ravilious & Keith Vaughan: Volumes from the Library of Gordon & Ursula Bowyer Pt.1
I first met Gordon and Ursula some years ago when I visited...
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The Portrait
Portrait painting has been a key part of British art and Society...
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Our favourite books this week!
Many of the books and catalogue we sell are old favourites and...
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St.Ives and friends
The small Cornish town of St.Ives is synonymous with modern British art...
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Women Artists
In recent years, the important role that women artists have played in...
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The world of the Catalogue Raisonne!
The Catalogue Raisonne is a major statement in the body of literature...
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Newly added recently!
We try to add new books and catalogues regularly, and here are...
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Euan Uglow
The recent publication of Andrew Lambirth's The Uglow Papers and exhibitions at...
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Landmark Auctions
'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' So...
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Irish Art and Artists
Since the early twentieth century, Irish artists have been making work that...
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The School of London
A contentious and oft-debated title for this grouping of artists, it nevertheless...
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Royal Academicians
It is RA Summer Show time again, so why not have a...
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Elisabeth Frink
One of the most loved British sculptors of the post-war period, Frink's...
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Patrick Heron
An important painter, writer and advocate of British art, Heron was a...
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William Scott
A major figure in the post-war scene in Britain, Scott's paintings offer...
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Post-War Britain
British art in the late 1940s and 1950s laid the foundations for...
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Picture Frames
The effect a frame can have on a painting is considerable, yet...
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Ben Nicholson
An important mid-century figure, the literature on Ben Nicholson offers readers a...
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Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud was a fascinating if unconventional figure whose art from the...
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Henry Moore
Alongside Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore is one of the titans of sculpture...
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Barbara Hepworth
2025 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Barbara Hepworth, one...
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Frank Auerbach
No one is indifferent to Auerbach's art. His use of paint, colour...
