Anthony Van Dyck: A Life

by Robin Blake, Anthony Van Dyck

This superb new biography provides the fullest narrative of Van Dyck's life and personality to appear in English. Commonly pigeonholed as a follower of Rubens or as the court painter of the Stuarts, Van Dyck here appears not only as a remarkably individual portraitist but as a fully rounded baroque artist of memorable power. With 32 pages of black-and-white illustrations. A thorough biography...comprehensive and fascinating. --New York Times Book Review

Genres: Art

447 pages, Hardcover

First published January 25, 2000

About the author

Robin Blake is the author of acclaimed works on the artists Van Dyke and Stubbs. He has written, produced and presented extensively for radio, is widely published as a critic, and is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Brunel University. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty dry reading though I admire the artist's work.