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An Exhibition of Drawings by Herbert Draper (1863 - 1920) (1)

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The exhibition catalogue for the Julian Hartnoll Gallery

"An Exhibition of Drawings by Herbert Draper (1863 - 1920). February 9th - 19th 1999"

This was the first of three exhibitions of the work of Draper between 1999 - 2003 at the Julian Hartnoll Gallery (please see other listings for the remaining two catalogues).

This catalogue comprises an essay on Draper, Biographical Notes and an annotated Catalogue by Simon Toll (who has made an extensive study of the work of Draper). Thirty eight works are illustrated in colour. 40 pages. Octavo.

This catalogue is new, from the printer's wrappings. The reproductions are of very fine quality.

Draper was a painter of powerful and sensuous imaginative works who enjoyed considerable success around 1900. In the last 15 years his work has found a new audience, substantially increased by Simon Toll's 2003 monograph and catalogue raisonnée, which closes with the following summary of the painter's rediscovery and importance to the art of the period:

"In 2001, the centenary of the death of Queen Victoria, the Tate Gallery included Ulysses and the Sirens, The Gates of Dawn, and The Lament for Icarus in its exhibition devoted to the Victorian nude. The Julian Hartnoll Gallery hosted the second exhibition of drawings by Draper in 2001.
Herbert Draper was one of the finest painters of nudes in the last years of Victoria's reign. As we begin a new century, we are more able to reassess the prejudices and snobbery of some of the last."

Price: £7.00

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