James Bolivar Manson
ARTISTJames Bolivar Manson was an artist and worked at the Tate gallery for 25 years, including serving as its director from 1930 to 1938. In the Tate's own evaluation he was the "least successful" of their directors. His time there was frustrated by his stymied ambition as a painter and he declined into alcoholism, culminating in a drunken outburst at an official dinner in Paris. Although his art policies were more advanced than previously at the Tate and embraced Impressionism, he stopped short of accepting newer artistic movements like Surrealism and German Expressionism, thus earning the scorn of critics such as Douglas Cooper. He retired on the grounds of ill health and resumed his career as a flower painter until his death.
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James Bolivar Manson, wall art & digital downloads
James Bolivar Manson (British, 1879–1945) has 1 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.
James Bolivar Manson was an artist and worked at the Tate gallery for 25 years, including serving as its director from 1930 to 1938. In the Tate's own evaluation he was the "least successful" of their directors. His time there was frustrated by his stymied ambition as a painter and he declined into alcoholism, culminating in a drunken outburst at an official dinner in Paris. Although his art policies were more advanced than previously at the Tate and embraced Impressionism, he stopped short of accepting newer artistic movements like Surrealism and German Expressionism, thus earning the scorn of critics such as Douglas Cooper. He retired on the grounds of ill health and resumed his career as a flower painter until his death.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of James Bolivar Manson's work on the site falls under Figurative (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (1).
Culture: English (1).
By orientation: 1 portrait.
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Prints of these artworks
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Sizes and framing
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