A genius for failure : the life of Benjamin Robert Haydon
O'Keeffe, Paul2009
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Here, Paul O'Keeffe makes clear that the real tragedy of Bejamin Robert Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA.
Main title:
A genius for failure : the life of Benjamin Robert Haydon / Paul O'Keeffe.
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Imprint:
London : Bodley Head, 2009.
Collation:
568 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780224062473 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1671120
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