Our Collections
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Patrick Heron
An important painter, writer and advocate of British art, Heron was a...
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Paul Cezanne
Cezanne is now recognised as one of the key links between the...
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Peter Gregory, Lund Humphries and the Modern British art book
I recently bought myself a copy of Valerie Holman's excellent biography of...
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Peter Lanyon
Peter Lanyon was one of the most remarkable painters in British art...
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Photography
The camera has been a key element of twentieth century art and...
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Picture Frames
The effect a frame can have on a painting is considerable, yet...
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Post-War Britain
British art in the late 1940s and 1950s laid the foundations for...
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Printmaking
The art of printmaking is incredibly varied and has been explored by...
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Rarities, hard to find and signed books and catalogues
Some books and catalogues can be frustratingly hard to find, especially when...
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Recent Additions!
We try to add new books and catalogues regularly, and here are...
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Royal Academicians
It is RA Summer Show time again, so why not have a...
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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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Stanley Spencer
Spencer is a genuinely unique figure in C20th British art - incredibly...
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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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The Neo-Romantics
In Malcolm Yorke's classic 1988 study, The Spirit of Place: Nine Neo-Romantic...
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The Portrait
Portrait painting has been a key part of British art and Society...
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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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The Surreal
Although the British artists are often seen as being slightly late to...
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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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Typography and Book Design
Whilst nearly all of the books we sell have a prime role...
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Victor Pasmore
A key figure in British art in the post-1945 period, Pasmore's decision...
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Vorticism and the avant-garde in Britain
Vorticism is a significant influence in British art history, yet the actual...
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William Nicholson
With a major exhibition of his work now open at Pallant House...
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William Scott
A major figure in the post-war scene in Britain, Scott's paintings offer...
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Women Artists
In recent years, the important role that women artists have played in...
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Wyndham Lewis and his contemporaries
A thoroughly divisive figure in the early years of the c20th, Lewis'...
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£20 and under!
Whilst art books are often expensive when new and sometimes even more...
