Modern times : British prints, 1913-1939 /
Throughout the decades of the early twentieth century, the graphic arts flourished in Great Britain as artists sought to portray everyday life during the machine age. This illustrated volume reintroduces rare print works from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield into the narrative of modern...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2021. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Throughout the decades of the early twentieth century, the graphic arts flourished in Great Britain as artists sought to portray everyday life during the machine age. This illustrated volume reintroduces rare print works from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield into the narrative of modernism, demonstrating their relationship to other movements such as Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism. Essays explore how artists turned to printmaking to alleviate trauma, memorialize their wartime experiences, and capture the aspirations and fears of the twenties and thirties. Special attention is given to the linocut technique revolutionized by Claude Flight and his students at London's Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Highlighted as well are the pioneering works of artists such as C. R. W. Nevinson, Sybil Andrews, Cyril E. Power, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Edith Lawrence, Ursula Fookes, and Lill Tschudi. |
Carrier Form: | 200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781588397393 1588397394 |
Index Number: | NE628 |
CLC: | J237(561) |
Call Number: | J237(561)/F245-1 |
Contents: |
Forces in flux : transformation and experimentation in British printmaking / The shadow line : British printmakers and the first World War / The art of to-day : British modernist linocuts in the interwar years / Capturing modern life : Cyril E. Power's The Eight from sketch to print / |