On Art and Artists

On Art and Artists is a collection of critical essays by T.G. Rosenthal, chosen by the author from his considerable output over more than fifty years of writing and reviewing, focus mainly on what has come to be known as 'Modern British' art from the 20th century. Rosenthal knew many of his subjects personally and some became friends: Michael Ayrton; Arthur Boyd; Ivon Hitchens; Thelma Hulbert; L. S. Lowry; Sidney Nolan; Paula Rego. There are also essays on Wyndham Lewis, Jack B. Yeats and the paintings of AugustStrindberg. There is a profile of Walter and Eva Neurath, founders of the art-book publishers Thames & Hudson, the author s first employers; an essay on antisemitism in England; and an obituary of Matthew Hodgart, who at Cambridge, influenced and developed Rosenthal s knowledge and passion for literature.