Prize

• Shortlisted for the 2019 William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History

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Reviews

‘This is the heaviest book on the short list, but it is worth every ounce, an absolutely model catalogue raisonné.
Lanyon, this book shows, got into his stride from the very start. The research is formidable and exhaustive.
It rightly makes Lanyon appear world class and he is treated here in a grand and appropriate manner.
The design is excellent, an unbelievably handsome presentation of Lanyon’s art,
a triumph for author and all concerned in the publication‘
– judging panel of the William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History 2019

 

‘An exemplary achievement in art scholarship’
– David Nowell Smith, Frieze, 29 March 2018

 

‘Contemplating this substantial book, I almost felt I had discovered a new painter,
to which no previous exhibition of his work had introduced me. Treves succinctly evokes
Lanyon’s formal experiments in prose which is not just eminently readable but also consistently enlightening … 
This book is … an essential purchase for any serious admirer of Modern British painting.
 It will also be the foundation of all future Lanyon scholarship. A model catalogue raisonné and an unexpectedly exciting one’  – Andrew Lambirth, The Art Newspaper, December 2018

 

‘The definitive account of the career of one of the leading artists not just of the St Ives School,
but also of postwar British painting … the more significant pieces are without fail accorded exemplary catalogue entries,
which amount to mini-monographs and pay particular attention to the technical aspects of their creation'
– David Ekserdjian, ‘Best Art Books', Evening Standard, 20 December 2018

 

‘There has been scrupulous attention paid to a wealth of documentation …
This catalogue will become the prime sourcebook for all Lanyon scholars and those in the art trade’
– Alexander Adams, The British Art Journal 

 

Summary

• The complete catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings and three-dimensional works
of the British landscape painter Peter Lanyon (1918–1964), whose works have been compared
in their originality and importance for the landscape genre to those of Constable and Turner.

 

• Toby Treves, a former Collections Curator of twentieth-century British art at Tate, catalogues each of the 613 works.
The book also includes three essays: an introduction by the author to Lanyon’s work;
an essay by Professor Sam Smiles that places Lanyon in a historical context;
and an essay by Mary Bustin and the author about the artist’s painting technique.