A beautifully illustrated study of one of Britains most significant 20th century painters, featuring over 40 of his most ambitious paintings.
Euan Uglow (19322000) was one of Britains most significant twentieth-century painters, known for his sustained observation and painstaking technique, often taking months, if not years, to complete a work. Each picture pursues a particular idea, seeking to depict the visual reality of the concept, expressed with radiant colours and light. This book accompanies the first solo exhibition of Uglows work in a UK public institution (MK Gallery) for 20 years and features over 40 of his most ambitious paintings.
Uglow often had three or four active set-ups in his Battersea studio, using particular rectangular compositions in an attempt to paint a structured painting full of controlled and therefore potent emotion. Almost mathematical in his methods, Uglow left markings on his canvases that reveal his processes, including how the passage of time affected the depiction of his subjects.
Best known for his large-scale nudes, Uglow also made landscapes in the summer light of the Mediterranean and still lifes, taking up the challenge of painting materials such as plastic, as well as organic material in gradual decay, such as fruit.
With essays by Catherine Lampert and Kate Aspinall the book also includes drawings and examples of work by his artistic influences, Paul Cézanne, Alberto Giacometti and his former tutors William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Claude Rogers.
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A beautifully illustrated study of one of Britains most significant 20th century painters, featuring over 40 of his most ambitious paintings.
Director's Foreword Anthony Spira
Euan Uglow's New World Kate Aspinall
A Feeling of Awe Catherine Lampert
Reflections on Euan Uglow's Influences - Kate Aspinall
Catalogue of Works
The Geometry of Passionate Proportion Robert Dukes
The Plank of Wood Ellen Altfest
Uglow's Doubt John Stezaker
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Works
Fay Blanchard is Head of Exhibitions at MK Gallery. Prior to joining the gallery she worked as Visual Arts Curator with the British Council. She has produced publications on contemporary British sculpture and artists including Paula Rego, Laura Knight, Ingrid Pollard, Vanessa Bell and Boyd & Evans.
Anthony Spira is Director of MK Gallery, having been curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, London and the Jeu de Paume, Paris. He has produced many publications on artists including Ellen Altfest, Hans Bellmer, Peter Dreher, Laura Knight, Ingrid Pollard, Vanessa Bell and George Stubbs.
With contributions from Kate Aspinall, Catherine Lampert, John Stezaker, Ellen Altfest and Robert Dukes.
