Eric Ravilious : artist & designer / Alan Powers.

Main entry:

Powers, Alan, 1955- author.

Title & Author:

Eric Ravilious : artist & designer / Alan Powers.

Publication:

Farnham : Lund Humphries, 2013.

Description:

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.
Preface -- The formation of an artist ... 'Slightly somewhere else' -- Books and prints ... 'A clear mental image' -- Paintings in watercolour ... 'Distilled out of ordinary experience' -- Eric Ravilious and design ... 'Frankly and happily ornamental' -- The war through artists' eyes ... 'Refreshing acutely seen vision' -- Conclusion: English Eden with 'A biting edge' -- Notes -- Chronology -- Public collections -- Select exhibitions -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits -- Index.

Summary:

More popular than ever, the work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) is rooted in the landscape of mid-20th-century England. This new survey of his work by Alan Powers, the established authority on Ravilious, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of his art in all media - watercolour, illustration, printmaking, graphic design, textiles and ceramics - and positions Ravilious firmly as a major figure in the history of early 20th-century British art. In an accessible and engaging text, copiously illustrated with reproductions of work drawn from a range of sources, Alan Powers discusses the reception of Ravilious's work since his death in 1942 and the part it has played in creating an English style of the time, positioned between tradition and Modernism, and borrowing from naive and popular art of the past.

ISBN:

9781848221116 (hbk.)
1848221118 (hbk.)

Subject:

Ravilious, Eric, 1903-1942 Criticism and interpretation.
Ravilious, Eric William, Criticism and interpretation.
Ravilious, Eric, 1903-1942
Ravilious, Eric William 1903-1942
Watercolor painting Great Britain.
Aquarelle Grande-Bretagne.
Art and Design.
Watercolor painting
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Artist and designer

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291020
Call No.: BIB 234311
Status: Available

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