The William MB Berger Prize for British Art History have published their Long List of publications for 2022. This prize was established in the memory of the Denver born William Merriam Bart Berger (1925-1999) who amassed a serious collection of British Paintings which were eventually gifted to the Denver Art Museum in 2019.
Old Master Minute will share news of the winning publication once the winners have been announced.
Here are a selection of early British art books which have been nominated for this year's prize:
Holbein: Capturing Character edited by Anne T. Woollett
Gainsborough in London by Susan Sloman
Anthony Van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture by Christopher White
Art And Industry: Seven Artists in Search of an Industrial Revolution in Britain by David Stacey
A Sweet View: The Making of an English Idyll by Malcolm Andrews
Copley and West in England 1775–1815 by Allen Staley