George Romney 1734-1802
by Alex Kidson
from National Portrait Gallery Publications
This handsome catalogue, which accompanies a major international exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of George Romney's death, offers the first in-depth modern overview of a key figure in eighteenth-century British art. Romney was the main rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough--and for much of his career more fashionable than either. A century ago, collectors fought to buy the portraits he created with a distinctive mix of elegance, mannerism, and informality; especially popular were those of Emma Hart (later the notorious Lady Hamilton), who became his favorite model and muse. Romney's chief ambition, however, was to succeed as a history painter, and he made countless drawings for literary and mythological pictures that he never had time to paint. These drawings, executed with a spontaneity and dramatic expressiveness that have appealed to many modern artists, mark Romney as one of the first Romantics.
Reproducing over two hundred works, this is the most generously illustrated volume on Romney to date. In a major departure from earlier treatments, the book devotes equal attention to his drawings and his paintings, persuasively demonstrating how interdependent the two media were in his art. Alex Kidson has written an invitingly personal, intriguingly speculative text, in which Romney emerges as one of the most brilliant and inventive artists of his time. From now on, any serious consideration of his work must begin with this book.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002
The National Portrait Gallery, London
May 30, 2002-August 18, 2002
The Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, California
September 15, 2002-December 1, 2002
George Romney, Mormon in politics,
by Clark R Mollenhoff
from Meredith Press
George Romney (1734-1802): Zur Bildform der Burgerlichen Mitte in der Englischen Neoklassik (Studien zur Kunstgeschichte)
Statement by George Romney, president, American Motors Corporation before Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, February 7, 1958
George Romney and the 1969-1973 FHA housing crisis
Those Delightful Regions of Imagination: Essays on George Romney
The angry citizen: [George Wilcken Romney]
Some Materials towards Memoirs of the Reign of King George II. Edited by Romney Sedgwick. In Three Volumes.
Christopher Steele 1733-1767 of Acres Walls Egremont: George Romney's Teacher
George Romney, 1734-1802: Paintings and drawings
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