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The Observer's Book of Modern Art
No dust jacket, page edges tanned, bookseller's marks, boards worn . Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.
148 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1964
About the author
William Gaunt
100 books2 followersWilliam Gaunt (1900–1980) was a British artist and art historian.
After serving briefly with the Durham Light Infantry in the First World War, Gaunt went on to Worcester College, Oxford, and graduated with honours. He completed an MA at the Ruskin School of Drawing and found work as a painter, art historian, art critic, novelist and travel book writer.
During the Second World War he was commissioned by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee to paint London city bomb sites.
Gaunt was drawn to the Pre-Raphaelites, whom he considered to be underappreciated, and wrote his most enduring book on the subject, The Pre-Raphaelite Tragedy (1942), followed by further studies of Victorian art, The Aesthetic Adventure (1945) and Victorian Olympus (1952).
After serving briefly with the Durham Light Infantry in the First World War, Gaunt went on to Worcester College, Oxford, and graduated with honours. He completed an MA at the Ruskin School of Drawing and found work as a painter, art historian, art critic, novelist and travel book writer.
During the Second World War he was commissioned by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee to paint London city bomb sites.
Gaunt was drawn to the Pre-Raphaelites, whom he considered to be underappreciated, and wrote his most enduring book on the subject, The Pre-Raphaelite Tragedy (1942), followed by further studies of Victorian art, The Aesthetic Adventure (1945) and Victorian Olympus (1952).
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