Matthew Smith: A Biography by Matthew Yorke

Matthew Smith: A Biography by Matthew Yorke

In his lifetime the painter Matthew Smith was frequently seen as an English Fauve or as a disciple of Matisse, but in fact he evolved his own distinctive style independently from anything he had seen in English art school or the French galleries. This illustrated biography looks at the influences on Smith, from the rejection of his manufacturer father's Victorian tastes, Smith's failure at the Slade, his experience of the modern movements in France, and the effects of World War I, to a passionate love affair in middle age which enabled him to establish his own turbulent style and subject matter of still lifes, landscapes and uninhibited nudes.

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ISBN 13	9780571173365
ISBN 10	0571173365
Title	Matthew Smith: A Biography
Author	Matthew Yorke
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	1997-07-07
Number of pages	288
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