Published Writings by Robin Ironside

1937
Centenary Exhibition of Paintings and Water-Colours by John Constable, R.A. (1776-1837), Tate Gallery, Millbank, May 4th to August 31st 1937.
Paperback, 22.8 x 14.6 cm.
Introduction, pp.3-8; Catalogue, pp.11-47; three monochrome plates. The publication does not mention Robin Ironside, but his authorship is confirmed by Sir John Rothenstein in his introduction to the 1966 memorial exhibition catalogue.

1940
Horizon: Review of Literature and Art, Vol.I, No.6, June 1940, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
R. Ironside, 'Burne-Jones and Gustave Moreau', pp.406-24, one monochrome plate. Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975, pp.173-82.

1941
Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.IV, No.19, July 1941, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
R. Ironside, 'The Artistic Vision of Proust', pp.28-42, one monochrome plate. Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975, pp.199-207.

1942
The Architectural Review: A Magazine of Architecture & Decoration, Vol.92, No.552, December 1942. The Architectural Press,
45 The Avenue, Cheam, Surrey.
Paperback, 35 x 27.2 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Preraphaelite paintings at Wallington: note on William Bell Scott and Ruskin', pp.130,147-9, six monochrome plates.

1943
Wilson Steer by Robin Ironside. British Artists: Edited by John Rothenstein, Director and Keeper of the Tate Gallery, London. Phaidon Press, Oxford & London; George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London; Oxford University Press, New York; 1943.
Hardback, 29.8 x 22.2 cm.
21 pages of text, four colour and 77 monochrome plates

Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.VIII, No.43, July 1943, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'The Art Criticism of Ruskin', pp.8-20. Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975, pp.163-72.

1944

Two centuries of British drawings from the Tate Gallery. The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, 9 Belgrave Square, London, SW1, 1944.
Paperback, 18.5 x 11.1 cm.
12 pages. Introduction by Robin Ironside, p.2.

The Cornhill Magazine, No.962, May 1944, edited by Peter Quennell. John Murray, 50 Albermarle Street, London, W1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 13.8 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Walter Pater', pp.66-78. Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975,
pp.191-8.

Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.X, No.57, September 1944, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1 Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Comments on an Exhibition of English Drawings', pp.200-4, seven monochrome plates.

1945
Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.XI, No.63, March 1945, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Victor Pasmore', pp.163-9, four monochrome plates.

Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.XII, No.72, December 1945, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Paul Klee', pp.413-7, six monochrome plates.

Counterpoint, Vol. II, 1945, edited by Conrad Senat. Counterpoint Publications, 9-10 Broad Street, Oxford. Paperback, 28.2 x 22.3 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Anthology of Younger English Painters', pp.16-22, fifteen monochrome plates.

1946
Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.XIV, No.81, September 1946, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Questionnaire: The Cost of Letters', pp.148-50. Robin Ironside, 'Aubrey Beardsley', pp.190-202, four monochrome plates. Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975, pp.208-14.

1947
Painting Since 1939 by Robin Ironside. The Arts in Britain: No.6. Published for the British Council by Longmans Green & Co., London, New York, Toronto; also published by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh; 1947.
Paperback, 20.3 x 14 cm.
40 page text, nine colour and ten monochrome plates.
Reprinted in Since 1939: Ballet, Films, Music, Painting by Arnold L.
Haskell, Dilys Powell, Rollo H. Myers, Robin Ironside. Phoenix House Ltd. 1948.
Subsequently published by Readers Union, London, by arrangement with the British Council, 1948.
Hardback, 20.3 x 14 cm.
Two new monochrome plates substituted for one in original.

Polemic: A Magazine of Philosophy, Psychology, and Aesthetics, No.8, 1947, edited by Humphrey Slater. Rodney Philips & Company (Publishers), 5 Bathurst Street, London, W2.
Paperback, 24.9 x 18.4 cm.
Robin Ironside, 'Kafka', pp.39-45.

The Cornhill Magazine, No.972, Autumn 1947, edited by Peter Quennell. John Murray, 50 Albermarle Street, London, W1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 13.8 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Fragonard’, pp.450-8, six monochrome plates.

1948
Pre-Raphaelite Painters by Robin Ironside, with a descriptive catalogue by John Gere. British Artists: Edited by John Rothenstein, Director and Keeper of the Tate Gallery. Phaidon Press Ltd, London; also Phaidon Publishers Inc., New York; 1948.
Hardback, 30.2 x 22.7 cm.
Introduction, pp.9-20; Catalogue, pp.22-49; four colour and 106 monochrome plates.

French XVIII Century Painters: Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, La Tour, Greuze, Fragonard by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, translated with an introduction by Robin Ironside. Phaidon Press, London, 1948; distributed in the USA by the Oxford University Press and issued in all other countries by George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Hardback, 18.5 x 10.5 cm.
xiv + 418 pages, four colour and 101 monochrome plates.
Reprinted as French Eighteenth-Century Painters: Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, La Tour, Greuze, Fragonard. Phaidon, Oxford, 1981.
Paperback, 20.9 x 14.6 cm.
100 monochrome plates.

Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, Vol.XVII, No.100, April 1948, edited by Cyril Connolly. 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, London, WC1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 14 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Balthus’, pp.263-7, four monochrome plates.

1949
David Jones by Robin Ironside. The Penguin Modern Painters, Editor Sir Kenneth Clark. Penguin Books Limited, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1949.
Paperback, 17.6 x 22.2 cm.
16 page text, sixteen colour and sixteen monochrome plates.

1950
Art News, Vol.XLIX, No.6, October 1950, edited by Alfred M. Frankfurter.
The Art Foundation, 136 East Fifty-seventh Street, New York 22.
Paperback, 31.2 x 23.6 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘England’s Poets in Paint’, pp.20-3 & 67, one colour and seven monochrome plates.

1951
World Review (Incorporating Review of Reviews), New Series 27, May 1951, edited by Desmond Fitzgerald. Edward Hulton, 43 Shoe Lane, London, EC4.
Paperback, 25.9 x 18 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Canova’, pp.29-32, four monochrome plates.

World Review (Incorporating Review of Reviews), New Series 33, November 1951, edited by Desmond Fitzgerald. Edward Hulton, 43 Shoe Lane, London, EC4.
Paperback, 25.3 x 17.4 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Arnold Bocklin 1827-1901’, pp.28-32, five monochrome plates.
Reprinted in Apollo, March 1975, pp.183-90

1953
Poems by Christina Rossetti selected and with an introduction by Robin Ironside.
The Grey Walls Press, London, 1953.
Hardback, 21.4 x 13.8 cm.
116 pages. 18 page Introduction.

1955
Trompe l’Oeil from the XVIIIth century to the present day, Arthur Jeffress (Pictures), 28 Davies Street, London, W1, 18 January - 19 February, 1955.
Paperback, 21 x 20.5 cm.
14 pages, colour cover and four monochrome plates.
2 page Foreword by Robin Ironside.

1956
The New Outline of Modern Knowledge edited by Alan Pryce-Jones. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1956; The Companion Book Club, London, 1957.
Hardback, 21.5 x 13.7 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Painting’, pp.279-98.

1958
Encounter, Vol.X, No.1, January 1958, edited by Stephen Spender and Irving Kristol. Panton House, 25 Haymarket, London, SW1.
Paperback, 25.4 x 18.5 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘The Inspiration of Antique Painting’, pp.59-65, four monochrome plates, nine decorations by the author.

1961
The London Magazine, New Series, Vol.I, No.4, July 1961, edited by Alan Ross. 58 Frith Street, London, W1.
Paperback, 21.6 x 15.5 cm.
Robin Ironside, ‘Portrait Painting: An art in decline’, pp.57-64.

1966
Andrea del Sarto by Robin Ironside. The Masters, No. 38, editor Sir John Rothenstein. Knowledge Publications (Purnell & Sons), Paulton, 1966.
Paperback, 35 x 26.3 cm.
8 pages of text, 16 colour plates & cover, three monochrome figures.