Modern Art Press is delighted to announce that William Nicholson: catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings has been shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize, in the Multi-Author category. The prize is awarded by the Historians of British Art for the best books published on British art and architecture.
Leon Kossoff – the catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings
Modern Art Press is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of the catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings of Leon Kossoff, edited by Andrea Rose with research by Andrew Dempsey and Stephanie Farmer
Wyndham Lewis – the catalogue raisonné by Paul Edwards
Modern Art Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings, drawings and other works of paper of Wyndham Lewis by Paul Edwards
Lucian Freud – the catalogues raisonnés
Modern Art Press is pleased to announce it has been appointed to publish catalogues raisonnés on the prints, paintings and drawings of Lucian Freud.
William Nicholson catalogue raisonné wins Spear’s Award 2012
Modern Art Press is delighted to announce that Patricia Reed, William Nicholson: catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings has won the Spear’s Award 2012 for Outstandingly Produced Book.
The Company of Artists – ‘well told and beautifully drawn’
‘Charles Saumarez Smith knows the company of artists well enough to know that artists are an amusing bunch; you tend to get a lot of miscreant with your creant. The major artistic themes of the 18th and 19th centuries are observed and the key players nodded to, but the book is best on the politics and exploded stuffiness of an institution that stands for both creativity and the Establishment. This is well told and beautifully drawn – and it seems that the best way to live in the titular fellowship is to open a bottle of something strong’, Monocle
Reviews of The Company of Artists
‘Art politically momentous: bringing the then so vividly to life, throws a spotlight on our – and the Academy’s – now’, Michael Daley, The Jackdaw
‘The Company of Artists is to the art community what The First Three Minutes is to the science world. A real insider’s view, this elegant, illuminating and often amusing account of the Royal Academy’s early history brings to life the characters involved and its surprisingly tumultuous beginning’, Finch’s Quarterly Review
‘Saumarez Smith writes with verve and enthusiasm, evoking the period with curious anecdotes and pungent quotations. For anyone interested in the RA’s history, this is essential reading’, Giles Waterfield, RA Magazine
John Nicoll becomes chairman of Modern Art Press
John Nicoll, the former owner of Frances Lincoln Ltd and director of Yale University Press, has accepted the position of chairman of Modern Art Press. He takes over from Professor Brian Allen, who stepped down earlier in the year after five years at the helm.