Our Collections
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Architecture and Design
Since my earliest days in Modern British art, I was delighted to...
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Art, architecture and design in Europe
Although monograph is focussed on British art, we never forget that so...
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Barbara Hepworth
2025 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Barbara Hepworth, one...
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Become a time traveller...
This latest group of catalogues and ephemera have a remarkable quality -...
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Ben Nicholson
An important mid-century figure, the literature on Ben Nicholson offers readers a...
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Britain between the Wars
The years from 1919 to the later 1940s are a period of...
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British and Irish Landscape
The influence of the landscape has been a central element in British...
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British Constructivism
The post-war period in Britain saw a real focus on constructed art...
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Paolozzi was a key part of the generation of British sculptors who,...
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Edward Bawden
Painter, illustrator, designer and printmaker, Bawden was a fascinating character. Look through...
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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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Elisabeth Frink
One of the most loved British sculptors of the post-war period, Frink's...
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Eric Ravilious
Killed during WWII at the age of just 39, Ravilious is an...
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Euan Uglow
It looks as though the visitors to the recent Uglow exhibition at...
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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon manages to be still something of an enigma in post-war...
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Frank Auerbach
No one is indifferent to Auerbach's art. His use of paint, colour...
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Graham Sutherland
If, in the late 1940s, you had wanted to make a list...
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Henry Moore
Alongside Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore is one of the titans of sculpture...
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Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Cubism and onwards
The period of European art from the 1860s until the beginning of...
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In the news!
This is a selection of books and catalogues that reflect the art...
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Irish Art and Artists
Since the early twentieth century, Irish artists have been making work that...
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John Piper
An artist whose career extended from the late 1920s to the early...
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Keith Vaughan
A major figure of the post-war period in Britain, there are many...
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Landmark Auctions
'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.' So...
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Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud was a fascinating if unconventional figure whose art from the...
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Modern British, European and American art, architecture and design (plus some surprises!): Volumes from the Library of Gordon and Ursula Bowyer Part 3
Our final selection from the Library of Gordan and Ursula Bowyer features...
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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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Our favourite books this week!
Many of the books and catalogue we sell are old favourites and...
