Picturing the artist's studio, from Delacroix to Picasso / Heather McPherson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPherson, Heather, author.

Series:

Northern lights (London, England)

Northern lights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists' studios.

Artists' studios in art.

Painting, French--19th century--Themes, motives.

Painting, French--20th century--Themes, motives.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm.

polychrome

illustration

Place of Publication:

London : Lund Humphries, 2024.

Summary:

"This richly diverse study examines the evolving image and contested status of the artist in late 19-century France through the lens of the artist's studio, which became a central theme in art and literature, stretching from Balzac to Proust and from Corot to Picasso. The studio was a hybrid space that blurred the distinctions between public and private, professional and domestic, artistic production and display. Besides a meterial space for art making, the studio was a social and commercial nexus and an extension of the artist's persona. Drawing on paintings, prints, photographs and primary sources ranging from memoirs to popular journals, this book sheds new light on the modern studio's heightened significance as a laboratory of creative struggle and a platform for self-expression and the staging of artistic identity. It elucidates how the concept of the studio as a creative space emblematic of artistic identity, first theorized in the Renaissance, was reinvented and poularized after the mid-century as debates about the role of art and the status of the artist intensified. Breaking new ground in focusing on the intersecting issues of artistic identity and the evolving role of the studio as creative arena, social and commercial locus, and informal exhibition space, McPherson allows us to participate in the popular ritual of visiting the artist's studio"--From page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Introduction : The Artist's Studio : Theme and Variations

The Echo Chamber : Delacroix, Manet, and the Old Masters

Absence and Presence : Corot's Studio Revisited

The Virtual Studio : Bazille, Daubigny, and Monet

Impromptu Studios : Berthe Morisot to Marie Laurencin

The Refracted Studio : Matisse and Picasso

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-[139]) and index.

ISBN:

1848225210

9781848225213

OCLC:

1389877124