Théodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market

Simon Kelly

ISBN 10: 1501343793 / ISBN 13: 9781501343797

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

About this Item

250pp, with 8pp section of colour plates and b&w illustrations throughout the text. A Fine copy aside from just a faint crease to very top corner of text block toward the rear (not affecting text) and just faint rubbing to surfaces of pictorial boards. Please see five pictures attached for a closer look.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1757948366922

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Théodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1501343793
• ISBN 13: 9781501343797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

The 19th century in France witnessed the emergence of the structures of the modern art market that remain until this day. This book examines the relationship between the avant-garde Barbizon landscape painter, Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867), and this market, exploring the constellation of patrons, art dealers and critics who surrounded the artist. It argues for the pioneering role of Rousseau, his patrons and his public in the origins of the modern art market, and, in so doing, shifts attention away from the more traditional focus on the novel careers of the Impressionists and their supporters. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book provides new insight into the role of the modern artist as professional. It provides a new understanding of the complex iconographical and formal choices within Rousseau's work, rediscovering the original radical charge that once surrounded the artist's work and led to extensive and peculiarly modern tensions with the market place.

About the Authors

Simon Kelly is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, USA, and author of Théodore Rousseau and the Rise of the Modern Art Market (Bloomsbury, 2021)

Kathryn Brown is Reader in Art Histories, Markets and Digital Heritage at Loughborough University, UK. Her books include Women Readers in French Painting 1870–1890 (2012), Matisse's Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist's Book (Bloomsbury, 2017) and Henri Matisse (2021). She is the series editor of Contextualizing Art Markets (Bloomsbury).