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Bawden, Ravilious and the Artists of Great Bardfield
Malcolm Yorke
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Description for Bawden, Ravilious and the Artists of Great Bardfield
Hardcover. This book tells the story of Great Bardfield and its artists, and their famous 'open house' exhibitions, showing how the village and neighbouring landscape nurtured a distinctive style of art, design and illustration from the 1930s to the 1970s and beyond. Editor(s): Yorke, Malcolm; Saunders, Gill. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 287 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1312.
In 1925 the artists Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious moved to the Essex village of Great Bardfield, at first sharing lodgings. Over the course of several years and encouraged by Bawden and Ravilious' work, other artists came to live in the village, forming a community of artists and designers that has continued to today.Among the first to join them were the Rowntree's, Kenneth and Diana, and Michael Rothenstein and his wife Duffy Ayers. They were followed by John Aldridge, painter and designer of wallpapers (printed, like Bawden's papers, by the Curwen Press); Walter Hoyle, printmaker and also a wallpaper designer; ... Read more
In 1925 the artists Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious moved to the Essex village of Great Bardfield, at first sharing lodgings. Over the course of several years and encouraged by Bawden and Ravilious' work, other artists came to live in the village, forming a community of artists and designers that has continued to today.Among the first to join them were the Rowntree's, Kenneth and Diana, and Michael Rothenstein and his wife Duffy Ayers. They were followed by John Aldridge, painter and designer of wallpapers (printed, like Bawden's papers, by the Curwen Press); Walter Hoyle, printmaker and also a wallpaper designer; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851778522
SKU
V9781851778522
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Malcolm Yorke
Gill Saunders is Senior Curator in the Word & Image Department of Victoria and Albert Museum, specialising in 20th-century and contemporary prints and drawings. Dr Malcolm Yorke is a freelance writer and art historian with a special interest in twentieth-century British art.
Reviews for Bawden, Ravilious and the Artists of Great Bardfield
their shared artistic legacy is immediately obvious from this beautiful book.
Country Life 16th 23rd December 2015; Beautifully designed.
Evening Standard 24th December 2015; visually and biographically engrossing.
Derek Brazell, Association of Illustrators Blog, February 2016
Country Life 16th 23rd December 2015; Beautifully designed.
Evening Standard 24th December 2015; visually and biographically engrossing.
Derek Brazell, Association of Illustrators Blog, February 2016