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John Brett : Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter
, Yale University Press, 2010 Hardcover, 276 pages, ENG. edition, 290 x 250 x 25 mm, In Very Good Condition, illustrated dustjacket, with illustrations in color / b/w. ISBN 9780300165753.
Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sketchbooks, journals, and writings, this essential guide to John Brett (1831?1902) investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. In addition to exploring the familiar early works, including The Val d'Aosta and Stonebreaker, it provides rich information on his later, less-known coastal and marine paintings. Brett?s turbulent friendship with John Ruskin is discussed, as are his relations with his beloved sister, Rosa, and his partner Mary, with whom he had seven children. His fervent interest in astronomy, his love of the sea, and his lifelong pursuit of wealth and recognition are all examined in this reassessment, which concludes with a catalogue raisonn of his works, prepared by his descendent Charles Brett.
