Country Pursuits

Klappentext The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has long been renowned for its fine collection of sporting art. Owing to Paul Mellon's interest in this genre, the VMFA's collection comprises not only British but also American and French works. This book provides a consideration of these three national traditions, including biographies of the artists. Zusammenfassung The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has long been renowned for its fine collection of sporting art. Owing to Paul Mellon's interest in this genre! the VMFA's collection comprises not only British but also American and French works. This book provides a consideration of these three national traditions! including biographies of the artists.

Auteur
After serving as the Curator of Paintings at the Yale Center of British Art, Malcolm Cormack became Paul Mellon Curator at the VMFA in 1991 until his retirement in 2004. He has lectured at Cambridge and Yale and is the author of books and exhibition catalogues on Constable, Turner, Reynolds, and Bonington. His most recent works are Champion Animals: Sculptures by Herbert Haseltine and William Blake: Illustrations of the Book of Job (VMFA).