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Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters - Beckford, William
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New edition of William Beckford's first published work, of 1780, with introduction by Robert J. Gemmett, and annotations, illustrations and a bibliography. The work is a satire which criticizes the excesses of schools of painting, particularly the Dutch and Flemish, and an extended parody of prominent biographies of artists.

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New edition of William Beckford's first published work, of 1780, with introduction by Robert J. Gemmett, and annotations, illustrations and a bibliography. The work is a satire which criticizes the excesses of schools of painting, particularly the Dutch and Flemish, and an extended parody of prominent biographies of artists.
Autorenporträt
William Thomas Beckford (1760 - 1844) was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England. His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton. He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820.