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by Wilmot-Buxton, H. J. (Harry John); Koehler, S. R.
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This work is a scholarly survey of English painting, supplemented by a concise chapter on American artists. Authored by H. J. Wilmot‑Buxton with a contribution from S. R. Koehler, the volume opens with a prefatory essay that traces the development of English art from its obscure medieval origins through the Renaissance influx of foreign masters, the rise of native portraitists, and the flourishing of landscape and genre painting into the nineteenth century. The introductory pages list a series of illustrated chapters, each accompanied by dozens of engravings, and the text proceeds to argue that early English painters, often overlooked in favor of Italian contemporaries, produced work comparable to that of their continental peers, citing specific manuscripts, altar pieces, and surviving wall paintings as evidence.
Written in the formal, didactic style of late‑Victorian art history, the book combines detailed biographical sketches with descriptive analysis of individual works, all supported by a wealth of period illustrations. Readers with an interest in the evolution of British visual culture, students of art history, or collectors seeking contextual background for works by artists such as Holbein, Gainsborough, Turner, and their American counterparts will find the volume both informative and richly documented.
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=Painting: German, Flemish, and Dutch=. By H. J. WILMOT-BUXTON, M.A., and EDWARD J. POYNTER, R.A. Including an Account of the Works of Albrecht Duerer, Cranach, and Holbein; Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, and Memline; Rubens, Snyders, and Van Dyck; Rembrandt, Hals, and Jan Steen; Wynants, Ruisdael, and Hobbema; Cuyp, Potter, and Berchem; Bakhuisen, Van de Velde, Van Huysum, and many other celebrated Painters. Illustrated with 100 Engravings.
=Painting: English and American=. By H. J. WILMOT-BUXTON, M.A. Including an Account of the Earliest Paintings known in England; the Works of Holbein, Antonis More, Lucas de Heere, Zuccaro and Marc Gheeraedts; the Hilliards and Olivers; Van Dyck, Lely, and Kneller; Hogarth, Reynolds, and Gainsborough; West, Romney, and Lawrence; Constable, Turner, and Wilkie; Maclise, Mulready, and Landseer; and many other celebrated Painters. With 80 Illustrations.
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