The Victorian Artist: Artists' Life Writings in Britain, C.1870-1910

This study examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. It analyzes a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres (autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories and dictionaries.) Julie Codell discerns the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively, and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.

Author: Julie F. Codell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/14/2003
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521817578

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2004 pg. 1284