Mitchell Benjamin Frank
Ashgate
Hardback
222
2001
After the Second World War art patronage in Britain expanded rapidly. Concentration on the Arts Council has obscured the diversity of this patronage and the pioneering connections established between artists and the art world by such organisations as the county councils, the British Council, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Whitechapel Art Gallery. The political nature of much state patronage, its reciprocity with commercial and corporate funding and the continuing role of private patrons has seldom been examined. The five case studies in this volume offer insights into these and related issues and explore the ideas that fashioned various forms of patronage in the early post-war years.
Ashgate
Hardback
222
2001
After the Second World War art patronage in Britain expanded rapidly. Concentration on the Arts Council has obscured the diversity of this patronage and the pioneering connections established between artists and the art world by such organisations as the county councils, the British Council, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Whitechapel Art Gallery. The political nature of much state patronage, its reciprocity with commercial and corporate funding and the continuing role of private patrons has seldom been examined. The five case studies in this volume offer insights into these and related issues and explore the ideas that fashioned various forms of patronage in the early post-war years.