Masterpieces

An Art Lover’s Guide to Great Britain and Ireland

Christopher Lloyd

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Thames & Hudson
24 April 2022

Art & Architecture; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

An expert guide to the highlights and unexpected treasures of British collections.

If you find yourself in Hull, Cork or Dundee, what paintings should you go and look at? Many masterpieces are waiting for you around the British Isles, sometimes neglected, in our galleries and museums. Here, the distinguished broadcaster and critic Christopher Lloyd identifies over 265 masterpieces in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, from the National Gallery to The Burrell Collection in Glasgow. Some are acknowledged greats, others are surprising and quirky: all are richly rewarding. All the paintings are the personal selection of Lloyd who has come across and enjoyed or admired them in public collections during the course of his career. His purpose throughout is to encourage others to visit the same places and experience the same pleasures. For tourists, this book offers a treasure trail; for the art lover, a knowledgeable companion; for all, an expert guide to the highlights of British collections.

By: Christopher Lloyd
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 160mm,
Weight: 870g
ISBN: 9780500296547
ISBN 10: 0500296545
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 24 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

London National Gallery / Imperial War Museum / National Army Museum / National Maritime Museum / National Portrait Gallery /Tate / Victoria and Albert Museum / Apsley House / The Courtauld Institute of Art / Dulwich Picture Gallery /The Foundling Hospital Museum / Guildhall Art Gallery / Kenwood / The Royal Academy of Arts / The Royal Collection: Buckingham Palace / Kensington Palace /The Wallace Collection The South-East Brighton Museum and Art Gallery / Bushey Museum and Art Gallery / Pallant House Gallery / The Watts Gallery / The Stanley Spencer Gallery / Towner Art Gallery / Royal Holloway and Bedford New College / Hampton Court Palace / Osborne House / Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery / Portsmouth City Museum and Art Gallery / Southampton City Art Gallery / Windsor Castle The South-West Holburne of Menstrie Museum / Victoria Art Gallery / Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum / Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery / Royal Albert Memorial Museum / Falmouth Art Gallery / Penlee House Gallery and Museum / Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery / Swindon Museum and Art Gallery / Royal Cornwall Museum The East Midlands Derby Museum and Art Gallery / New Walk Museum and Art Gallery / The Collection / Castle Museum and Art Gallery The West Midlands Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery / The University of Birmingham - The Barber Institute of Fine Arts / The Ashmolean Museum / Christ Church Picture Gallery / Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery East Anglia Fitzwilliam Museum / Kettle’s Yard / The Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum / Christchurch Mansion and Wolsey Art Gallery / Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery / Gainsborough’s House The North-East The Bowes Museum/ Cartwright Hall Art Gallery / Shipley Art Gallery / Ferens Art Gallery / City Art Gallery / Laing Art Gallery / Millennium Gallery / Preston Hall Museum / York Art Gallery The North-West Williamson Art Gallery and Museum / Abbot Hall Museum / National Museums Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery / Manchester City Art Galleries / Gallery Oldham / Lady Lever Art Gallery / Harris Museum and Art Gallery Scotland National Gallery of Scotland / Scottish National Portrait Gallery / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art / Aberdeen Art Gallery / Art Gallery and Museum (Dundee) / Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum / The Burrell Collection / Hunterian Art Gallery / The Pier Arts Centre Wales National Museum of Wales Ireland The Ulster Museum / National Gallery of Art / Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art / Crawford Municipal Gallery

Christopher Lloyd is a British art historian. He was Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures from 1988 to 2005. His publications include monographs on painters, particularly Camille Pissarro, official catalogues of museum collections, and general surveys of the British Royal Collection. In addition,he has organized and curated numerous exhibitions and in 1992 made a six-part television series on the paintings in the Royal Collection.

Reviews for Masterpieces: An Art Lover’s Guide to Great Britain and Ireland

'A tremendously good idea, very well done ... a masterpiece of concision' - Times Literary Supplement 'Enthusiasm, charm, wit, elegant style and an unerring eye ... a very quiet, very British masterpiece' - Daily Telegraph 'Exactly the companion you would wish to take with you on a museum crawl: knowledgeable, urbane and discreetly impatient with dense art-historical lingo' - Guardian 'An inspiring selection ... Beautifully crafted, unobtrusively erudite, generously detailed without ever losing sight of the picture itself, these essays are models of art-historical writing and a sustained pleasure to read' - The Art Newspaper 'His comments are dry and pithy, his one-liners are sharp ... this is an achievement few could match ... Dr Lloyd's selections will delight, and will send the reader back, refreshed, to our great national and regional collections' - Country Life