Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00916-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Printing and Publishing History

The work of Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) received mixed critical success during his lifetime, and his later life was overshadowed by the death of his elder son. Largely forgotten after his own death in 1881, Palmer began to attract renewed interest in the mid-twentieth century and he is now recognised as a key figure in English Romanticism. First published in 1892, this combination of a biography and a collection of Samuel Palmer's letters was written and compiled by his surviving son, A. H. Palmer, who later, in 1909, burned large quantities of his father's sketchbooks and notebooks. The letters published here, which date from 1829 to 1881, include correspondence with other members of 'the Ancients', such as John Linnell, George Richmond and Edward Calvert. The book also includes a range of sketches and etchings, as well as a catalogue of exhibited works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Alfred Herbert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The life of Samuel Palmer; 2. The letters of Samuel Palmer; 3. A catalogue of the exhibited works and the etchings of Samuel Palmer.