The New York Times Book Review
"Bromberg's book is a comprehensive survey of one aspect of [Sickert's] appealing art."


Book Description
Walter Sickert (1860-1942), perhaps the most important and influential early modern British artist, completed an outstanding body of prints that have been little noticed until now. This catalogue raisonné brings together for the first time Sickert's 226 prints, many in rare or unique impressions, and discusses the artist's unorthodox techniques, the influences on his work, and the evolution of his printmaking career. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art


From the Inside Flap
Walter Sickert (1860-1942) was possibly the most important and influential early modern British artist. He belonged to the generation that absorbed the modernity of late nineteenth-century French art into British painting and printmaking. His outstanding work as a printmaker has been largely overlooked and unexplored until now. This book and catalogue raisonné bring together for the first time the substantial body of 226 prints by Sickert, along with their numerous different states, many in rare or unique impressions, and it reveals the unorthodox and experimental techniques Sickert used frequently "in dialogue" with related paintings and drawings.Ruth Bromberg describes here the subject matter and techniques for each print in relation to Sickert's oeuvre. She also discusses the evolution of Sickert's career in printmaking; the influences on his work of Whistler and Degas, whom Sickert knew; his working procedures; and his innovative techniques and style in engraving, etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, and lithography. She explores the varied settings of his prints, which include early London and Dieppe street scenes, seascapes in Holland, and famous views of Venice, as well as those of the music hall (a lifelong passion), numerous portraits, and his controversial pictures of shabby interiors depicting nude prostitutes and clothed men.


About the Author
Ruth Bromberg, an independent American scholar, lives in London, where she was director of Colnaghi's print department from 1983 to 1986. She is the author of a catalogue raisonné, Canaletto's Etchings, and a contributor to numerous exhibition catalogues.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Walter Sickert (1860-1942) belonged to the generation that absorbed the modernity of late nineteenth-century French art into British painting and printmaking. His work as a printmaker has been largely overlooked and unexplored until now. This book and catalogue raisonne bring together the substantial body of 226 prints by Sickert, along with their numerous different states, many in rare or unique impressions, and reveals the unorthodox and experimental techniques Sickert used frequently 'in dialogue' with related paintings and drawings.

SYNOPSIS

Walter Sickert (1860-1942), perhaps the most important and influential early modern British artist, completed an outstanding body of prints that have been little noticed until now. This catalogue raisonn brings together for the first time Sickert's 226 prints, many in rare or unique impressions, and discusses the artist's unorthodox techniques, the influences on his work, and the evolution of his printmaking career. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

FROM THE CRITICS

Matthew Sturgis - Times Literary Supplement