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100 Paintings from the Collections of the National Trust
Series: The National Trust Collection
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This book is ideal for art enthusiasts, history lovers and general readers interested in British cultural heritage and fine art collections. It makes a thoughtful gift for those who appreciate accessible introductions to masterpieces housed in historic settings.
This beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 paintings from the vast collections of the National Trust – one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine art in the world
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Presented in a beautiful gift format, this engaging book aims to introduce the National Trust's vast collection of paintings to a general audience through a selection of 100 important examples from the 14th to the 20th centuries.
Paintings displayed in properties now cared for by the National Trust across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland amount to one of the finest collections of historic fine art in the world. Indeed, many National Trust houses should perhaps be considered miniature 'National Galleries' for their counties as they display works by some of the most renowned European artists of all time, including Titian, El Greco, Holbein, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Canaletto, Hogarth, Stubbs, Angelica Kauffman, Edward Burne-Jones, James Tissot, Max Ernst, Vanessa Bell, Barbara Hepworth, and Stanley Spencer, to name but a few.
Selected by National Trust curators from over 13,000 works, the 100 paintings showcased in 100 Paintings from the Collections of the National Trust are arranged chronologically, each accompanied by an illuminating, easy-to-read caption. The book concludes with a handy glossary of terms and a list of National Trust properties that house important paintings.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780707804606
Publisher: National Trust
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 September 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: National Trust
Illustration: 142 Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 184.0mm
Height: 157.0mm
Weight: 590g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Dr John Chu is Senior National Curator, Midlands (Pictures and Sculpture) at the National Trust. He specialises in 18th-century British and French painting and has published and lectured widely on the art of Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds. He previously worked at Tate on the Turner Bequest and has taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Reading.
David Taylor is the former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture at the National Trust. He is an expert on early modern Scottish art, and previously worked at the National Galleries of Scotland and Historic Scotland. He has published widely in his field and has curated and co-curated exhibitions on images of seventeenth-century Scottish built landscapes, late Enlightenment portraits, Peter Lely, Rembrandt, Stanley Spencer and the First World War, Dutch Golden Age pictures and British Baroque art.
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