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The Art of Dora Carrington Jane Hill

The Art of Dora Carrington By Jane Hill

The Art of Dora Carrington by Jane Hill


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Summary

Dora Carrington is best-known for her devotion to Lytton Strachey, and her association with the rest of the Bloomsbury Group. She was, however, a considerable artist in her own right, and this book concentrates on her as an artist, and reveals the range of her varied and impressive achievements.

The Art of Dora Carrington Summary

The Art of Dora Carrington by Jane Hill

This edition has been issued to coincide with the release of Christopher Hampton's film about Dora Carrington, and also with an exhibition at the Barbican. Best-known for her devotion to Lytton Strachey, which culminated in her early suicide after his death, and her association with the rest of the Bloomsbury Group, Dora Carrington was a considerable artist in her own right. This book concentrates on her as an artist, and reveals the whole range of her consderable achievements: portraits, landscapes, glass paintings and decorative work.

Table of Contents

London 1910-1914: The Slade years of apprenticeship; Hurstbourne Tarrant 1914-1917. Own voice. The modern movement: Black and white; Tidmarsh Mill 1917-1924. At home: people and place portraiture. The English tradition of popular art. An expanding world: At home and abroad; Ham Spray 1924-1932. A green world: Conversation pieces. Vanitas: Fugitive light. Conclusion: Time and tide wait for no man.

Additional information

GOR001359979
9781871569827
1871569826
The Art of Dora Carrington by Jane Hill
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19950929
144
N/A
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