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The England of Eric Ravilious Freda Constable

The England of Eric Ravilious By Freda Constable

The England of Eric Ravilious by Freda Constable


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Summary

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) died at the age of 39, when the Air Sea Rescue mission, which he was accompanying in his capacity as Official War Artist, failed to return to its base in Iceland. This book examines his landscape painting in watercolour and is reissued for the centenary of his birth.

The England of Eric Ravilious Summary

The England of Eric Ravilious by Freda Constable

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) died at the age of thirty-nine when the Air Sea Rescue mission, which he was accompanying in his capacity as Official War Artist, failed to return to its base in Iceland. In his short working life he figured in a group of exceptionally gifted artists, including Edward Bawden and John Nash, who came into prominence just before the Second World War. He achieved considerable success with his design work in a variety of fields, and is acknowledged to be one of the greatest English wood-engravers. Ravilious, however, felt that his most serious work was landscape painting in watercolour. Surprisingly, this material was generally neglected until the publication of The England of Eric Ravilious, a study hailed on publication as 'an irresistible book about a still underrated artist'. This re-issue marked the centenary of the artist's birth. In his powerful yet exquisite watercolours, Ravilious's England reveals itself as a country of rolling downland, quiet countryside, tranquil gardens, greenhouses and farmhouse interiors, the calm and beauty of which are threatened by the gathering storm of an imminent war.

The England of Eric Ravilious Reviews

'This beautiful book captures the legacy of Eric Ravilious.' Isabel Taylor, Albion Magazine

About Freda Constable

Freda Constable is author of John Constable (1975). Sue Simon, who died in 1978, was an authority on book illustrators of the 1930s.

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements; List of Engravings; List of Plates; Chronology; The England of Eric Ravilious; The Plates.

Additional information

GOR002172215
9780853318804
0853318808
The England of Eric Ravilious by Freda Constable
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
20061028
104
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