Publisher's Synopsis

This visually stunning survey provides an in-depth look at Eileen Hogan's (b. 1946) working methods. Covering her entire career, it focuses particularly on two dominant themes in the artist's oeuvre-enclosed gardens and portraiture. Her depictions of gardens range from London's well-known Kew Gardens and Chelsea Physic Garden to Little Sparta, Ian Hamilton Finlay's garden in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Her portraits include expressive sketches and paintings of veterans of the Second World War, and of HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. The book includes images from Hogan's sketchbooks, her studies, and finished paintings, accompanied by striking photographs of the artist at work. Essays by scholars and Hogan herself trace the artist's career from her student days at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts through the present. This volume provides an unprecedented, intimate look at the life and work of one of the most interesting and evocative artists working today.


Published in association with the Yale Center for British Art


Exhibition Schedule:

Yale Center for British Art
May 9 - August 11 2019

Browse & Darby
October 9 - November 1 2019

Book information

ISBN: 9780300241471
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 759.2
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 271
Weight: 1450g
Height: 224mm
Width: 269mm
Spine width: 35mm