Wendy Osgerby
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Wendy Osgerby is an artist, writer, and retired arts lecturer whose son is part of the London-based industrial design studio Barber & Osgerby. Her work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (11)
Memory, the Heart, self-portrait created in 1937 by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Kahlo produced more than 55 self-portraits, all dealing with issues of identity. Memory, the Heart expresses the pain and sorrow she felt about the extramarital affair between her husband, muralist Diego Rivera, and her…
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Publications (1)
1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die: Revised and Updated (September 2011)
From Ancient Egyptian frescoes to the Renaissance masters, from French Impressionists to American Abstract Expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting from 4,000 BC to the present. A visually arresting reference for art lovers and students, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazeteer of paintings organized chronologically by date of completion. Each entry includes the history of the painting, information about the artist or artistic movement,...
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