The Making of Modern Art through Commercial Art Galleries in 1930s London
The London Gallery (1936 to 1950)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jutta Vinzent (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-176 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2020.1738265 |
| OpenAlex | W3024022687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article explores the London Gallery as a disseminator of modern art. So far, the London Gallery has been considered as a gallery for surrealism only, as its longest-serving director, E.L.T. Mesens, promoted surrealism all his life (1903–1971). By considering particularly its early exhibition history and activities in the 1930s, this article will show first that the London Gallery supported any avant-garde art contemporary to its showing, and second that commercial art galleries were the driving force behind the dissemination of modern art in London, using a number of marketing strategies that also included a claim to education
Art · Art gallery · Art history · Contemporary art · Exhibition · History of art · Modern art · Performance art · Visual arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Architecture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |