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William Gillies : modernism and nation in British Art / Andrew McPherson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McPherson, Andrew (Andrew F.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gillies, William George, Sir, 1898-1973.
- Gillies, William George.
- Gillies, William George, Sir, 1898-1973--Criticism and interpretation.
- Painters--Scotland--Biography.
- Painters.
- Modernism (Art)--Great Britain.
- Modernism (Art).
- Art and society--History.
- Art and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Providing new evidence on the life and times of this Scottish painter, Andrew McPherson shows Gillies to be a modernist thinker. Including paintings never seen before, he reappraises his creative output, including the relationship of portraiture to still life, placing him firmly within not only a Scottish context but a British and European one too. Andrew McPherson has been researching the life, times and works of William Gillies for over twenty years. He has rethought the formative influence of his art of two World Wars, gender inequalities and the modernist crisis of meaning and belief."-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Text Conventions
- Foreword by Gareth Fisher
- Preface and Preview
- Life and Death, Violence, Irony, Sanity and Sex
- The Countryman: Political Context
- Kailyard and Kin
- The Theatre of War
- College
- 'A Charter of Liberty': Early Years
- Bohemian Edinburgh
- Portraits
- Still Lifes of the 1930s
- Landscapes of the 1930s
- Nie Wieder Krieg: Wartime Landscapes
- Still Lifes 1939-60
- Oil Landscapes 1945-60
- Last Years
- Politics, Patronage and Later Landscapes on Paper
- Conclusion
- Further Illustrations 1916-71
- Note on the Dates and Titles of Images
- Timeline
- Details of Illustrations
- Other Visual Works Named
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Indicative Primary Sources
- Image Credits
- Permissions
- Acknowledgements
- Index of Gillies' Artworks
- General Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-3995-1836-4
- 9781399518369 (electronic book)
- OCLC:
- 1416153580
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