Barbara Rae

Duncan MacMillan, Robin McKie, Imogen Stevens

ISBN 10: 1915815150 / ISBN 13: 9781915815156

Published by Royal Academy of Arts, GB, 2025

About this Item

With authoritative texts and a wide array of illustrations, this handsome monograph charts Barbara Rae's long and successful career as a redoubtable travelling artist. From her native Scotland, particularly the Lammermuirs, to Spain, Ireland, and the polar regions, Rae's painterly abstraction brings together her fascinations with landscape and travel. Her sketchbooks feature here, too, revealing her process as she uses them to conceive the larger works she makes in her studio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Barbara Rae
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts, GB
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1915815150
• ISBN 13: 9781915815156
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1494 grams

About this title

Synopsis

With authoritative texts and a wide array of illustrations, this handsome monograph charts Barbara Rae’s long and successful career as a redoubtable traveling artist.

With authoritative texts and a wide array of illustrations, this handsome monograph charts Barbara Rae’s long and successful career as a redoubtable traveling artist. From her native Scotland, particularly the Lammermuirs, to Spain, Ireland, and the polar regions, Rae’s painterly abstraction brings together her fascinations with landscape and travel. Her sketchbooks feature here, too, revealing her process as she uses them to conceive the larger works she makes in her studio.

About the Author

Duncan Macmillan is Emeritus Professor of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh. Robin McKie was science editor of the Observer for over 40 years. Imogen Stevens administers and oversees operations for The Provost James Rae Trust.