Rothenstein, John 1901-1992

Overview

Works:	488 works in 1,619 publications in 3 languages and 15,901 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Catalogs History Autobiographies Records and correspondence Caricatures and cartoons Exhibition catalogs
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Creator, Contributor, wpr, Redactor
Classifications:	ND497.T8, 759.2

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Rothenstein

Summer's lease : autobiography, 1901-1938 by John Rothenstein( Book )
Time's thievish progress; autobiography III by John Rothenstein( Book )
Brave day, hideous night; autobiography, 1939-1965 by John Rothenstein( Book )
Turner (1775-1851) by J. M. W Turner( Book )
Manet by Édouard Manet( Book )

The Vortex pamphlets, 1956-1958 by William Roberts( Book )
A reply to my biographer, Sir John Rothenstein by William Roberts( Book )
Modern British paintings, including the Rothenstein collection by Sotheby's Olympia London( Book )
The rectorial : an account of the festivities attending the installation of Sir John Rothenstein as Lord Rector of the University of St. Andrews( Book )
Papers by Paul J Sachs( )
Letters of British dignitaries and professionals( )
David Low papers by David Low( )
from the Beerbohm family and other correspondents by John Rothenstein( )
Individual, U.N.B., [E - F] : April 1961 - June 1962( )
The Vasari of British art : Sir John Rothenstein ... and the importance of Wyndham Lewis by Edward Chaney( )
[Vortex pamphlets] by William Roberts( Book )
Individual, U.N.B., [T - U] : April 1961 - June 1962 by F. J Toole( )
The challenges from modern art and the audience : the Statens Museum for Kunst and the Tate Gallery by Tine Henriette Orth( Book )
Time's thievish progress : autobiography by John Rothenstein( Book )

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Most widely held works by John Rothenstein

Turner by John Rothenstein( Book )

39 editions published between 1964 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

British art since 1900, an anthology by John Rothenstein( Book )

18 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern English painters by John Rothenstein( Book )

33 editions published between 1952 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A series of studies, chronologically arranged ... this work will constitute a history of modern English painting ... concerned with ... individual painters ... detailed treatment, both critical and biographical"--Cover

An introduction to English painting by John Rothenstein( Book )

62 editions published between 1933 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 764 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Landscape painting by Konstantin Bazarov( Book )

2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Augustus John by Augustus John( Book )

52 editions published between 1934 and 1976 in 3 languages and held by 647 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern English painters by John Rothenstein( Book )

21 editions published between 1974 and 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Tate Gallery by John Rothenstein( Book )

23 editions published between 1962 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Modern English painters, Sickert to Smith by John Rothenstein( Book )

83 editions published between 1952 and 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nineteenth-century painting; a study in conflict by John Rothenstein( Book )

12 editions published between 1932 and 1967 in English and Undetermined and held by 510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The moderns and their world by John Rothenstein( Book )

16 editions published between 1957 and 1967 in English and held by 449 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An introductory overview of modern art discusses impressionism, cubism, abstration, the Nabis, the Fauves, Expressionists, Brücke, and the Blaue Reiter. Sixty-three painters are represented, with short biographies provided

The Tate Gallery by John Rothenstein( Book )

22 editions published between 1958 and 1959 in English and Undetermined and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stanley Spencer, the man : correspondence and reminiscences by Stanley Spencer( Book )

10 editions published between 1945 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Edward Burra by Edward John Burra( Book )

18 editions published in 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A pot of paint; the artists of the 1890's by John Rothenstein( Book )

10 editions published between 1929 and 1970 in English and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brave day, hideous night; autobiography, 1939-1965 by John Rothenstein( Book )

14 editions published between 1966 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This second part of Sir John Rothenstein's autobiography begins with his taking up his duties as Director of the Tate Gallery, which he faced a discouraging situation. The Gallery's administration had collapsed the previous year; there was no official purchasing grant; the Turner Bequest was in lamentable condition and largely unknown; the leading artists of the emerging generation were unrepresented. Before he had time to make more than a beginning the War broke out, the collection was dispersed to places of safety, and the Gallery suffered heavy damage from bombing. With the return of peace Sir John applied himself to the task of securing the repair of the building, the re-construction of the collection, and the forming of an administration. In 1946 the Tate was partially reopened and for the first time a purchasing grant was established. The six years that followed were, Sir John believes, the most fruitful of his directorship. But in 1952 there came a savage attack on him

The world of Camera by John Rothenstein( Book )

7 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The poet's corner by Max Beerbohm( Book )

10 editions published in 1943 in English and German and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life and death of Conder by John Rothenstein( Book )

14 editions published between 1938 and 1941 in English and held by 224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Edward Burra by John Rothenstein( Book )

18 editions published in 1945 in English and Undetermined and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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