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The Brotherhood of Ruralists Bibliography - Books About the Group |
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This page provides detals of books which are entirely about the group or which contain important sections on them. For works about the individual artists select the appropriate artist from the list on the left. For books which have been published by the Ruralists or which were produced in association with them in order to reproduce their work, see the page on Ruralist Books. Publications about The Ruralists Nicholas Usherwood Produced to support the 1981 Ruralist exhibition, this is the most comprehensive essay on the work of the group up to that time. Usherwood traces their influences and reproduces a larger number of works by all 7 artists. The book is sometimes available through second-hand book dealers.
Christopher Martin A significant source of reproductions of Ruralist art and an interesting essay which has more of a biographical emphasis than the more art-critical essays of Usherwood (see above) or Moore (see below). Being produced after Blake, Inshaw and Haworth had left the group and when and a number of other artists were regularly exhibiting with them the emphasis is on the Arnolds and Ovendens with additional material on the associated artists such as Joseph Hewes, John Morley and Brian Partridge. Copies of this book are readily available from the Aznet Online Store.
Paul Binding A short essay - worth reading, but quite difficult to obtain.
Laurie Lee, Jerrold Northrop Moore, Peter Nahum The most comprehensive collection of reproductions of Ruralist work together with a new essay by Jerrold Northrop Moore and a previously unpublished piece, specially written for the Ruralists by Laurie Lee. Copies of this book are readily available from the Aznet Online Store. Essays, articles, etc. about The Ruralists included in other works Graham Ovenden
Godfrey Pilkington
Papadakis, Adreas (Editor)
Jerrold Northrop Moore A significant book for anyone interested in seeing the Ruralists in an art historical context. Moore traces a thread in Englsh Pastoral art from Samuel Palmer through to the Ruralist. The Ruralist chapter contain approx 42 pages, with numerous illustrations. Copies of this book are readily available from the Aznet Online Store.
Anne Anderson, Robert Meyrick, Peter Nahum The catalogue for the 2008 exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery. All essays offer insight into the work of the Ruralists and all works included in the exhibition are reproduced (albeit rather small in some cases) with extensive notes. Other useful sources Peter Blake
Ruralist 2000 Exhibition (Catalogue)
The Green Book, Issue 5, Spring/Summer 1981
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