"Designs from Fancy": George Romney's Shakespearean Drawings FROM THE PUBLISHER
George Romney (1734-1802) has long been recognized as a major British artist. Highly successful as a portrait painter, he also produced vast numbers of sketches for paintings on Shakespearean subjects. Opening himself up to chance effects and letting his ideas well up from within, Romney fixed on the page the fleeting impressions of an instant.
"Designs from Fancy" features 116 drawings as well as a number of paintings from a broad segment of Romney's career. Yvonne Romney Dixon examines Romney's artistic personality and draws new attention to the vitality and appeal of the artist's graphic work.
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Describes and discusses the Folger Shakespeare Library's collection of about 500 drawings by George Romney (1734-1802), on exhibit at that institution from November 1998 through March 1999. One hundred and sixteen b&w drawings are presented and described in this catalogue. An essay analyzes Romney's draftsmanship and explores characteristics of his work. Distributed by University of Washington Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
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