Artists' London : Holbein to Hirst

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Title:

Author:

Wedd, Kit.

ISBN:

9781858941417

9781858941424

Personal Author:

Wedd, Kit.

Publication Information:

London : Merrell, 2001.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm

General Note:

Published in connection with the exhibition at the Museum of London, 2001.

Published in pbk. as: Creative quarters.

Contents:

1560-1690 : from the city to the West end -- 1685-1800 : markets for art : Covent Garden and Leicester Square -- 1800-1835 : rural retreats : Hampstead, Twickenham and Richmond -- 1770-1850 : 'Artists' Street' in Marylebone -- 1860-1900 : alternative paths to Kensington and Chelsea -- 1905-1920 : art movements : Camden Town, Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia -- 1930s and 1950s : progressive Hampstead and permissive Soho -- 1960-2000 : colonizing the East end.

Abstract:

"Artists' London explores the complex relationships between artists and the areas they inhabit, relationships that continue to this day as the patrons now follow the artists around the city, and such figures as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin create new myths for a new century."--Jacket.

Subject Term:

Artists -- England -- London.

Artistes -- Angleterre -- Londres.

Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559

Kunstenaarsgroepen.

Ausstellung. (DE-588)4129601-1

Artistes -- Londres (GB) -- Histoire.

Geographic Term:

London (England) -- Intellectual life.

Londres (Angleterre) -- Vie intellectuelle.

England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271

Londres (GB) -- Vie intellectuelle -- Histoire.