Holbein to Hockney: A History of British Art

by Simon Wilson

A collection of the drawings drawn from the Royal Collection (collection of the British Royal family)

Paperback

Published February 10, 1983

About the author

Simon Wilson is an art historian & retired Tate Gallery curator (1967-2002).

Reviews

[Andrea Engle · Rating 4 out of 5]

First published in 1979, this succinct exploration of British Art from the English Reformation through the Second World War grow more diffuse in its coverage of the two post-war decades, the judgment of near-contemporary Art being so difficult … unfortunately, several illustrations are not in color …