Exploring the life and work of Virginia Woolf, this book presents a poignant collection of her letters, offering intimate insights into her thoughts and relationships with loved ones. Through her correspondence, readers gain a deeper understanding of her literary journey, personal struggles, and the influences that shaped her iconic writing. The letters reflect her creative process and the emotional landscape of a groundbreaking novelist, making it a compelling read for fans of Woolf and literary history alike.
The 21st century has seen an enormous surge of interest in English art of the interwar years. Work by artists like Stanley Spencer and Eric Ravilious has soared in value while new critical attention has been paid to others, often women, who were previously overlooked, such as Winifred Knights and Evelyn Dunbar. High-profile exhibitions have attracted record-breaking visitor numbers and challenged received opinion, encouraging a more nuanced understanding of the cultural landscape of the 1920s and 1930s. 0 With these new perspectives in mind, The Real and the Romantic takes a fresh look at this richly diverse period in English art. The early part of the period was marked by the intensity of commemoration that followed the first world war; the later by a darkening of mood brought about by the foreshadowing of the second. The 1920s saw the growing influence of modernism across British art and design. But as modernism reached a peak in the mid-1930s, there arose a desire to revive native traditions in modern terms, and in a way that let in the past. The former push towards abstraction was replaced by a renewed concern with place, memory, history and particularity. The arrival of Surrealism further disturbed the ascetic purity of high modernism and also fed into the British love of the strange. Artists increasingly sought refuge from the modern world in the remoteness of the past.0 Frances Spalding's thematic approach emphasizes the networks of connection between artists, illuminating the intriguing alliances and shifts in artistic sensibility that fed into the creativity of the interwar years. Significant among these were a determination to break down the barriers surrounding the western European tradition through reference to the art of other cultures; and the pursuit of a 'primitive' or direct approach to art, particularly through study of the early Italian Renaissance.0
An exuberant biography of John Piper, one of the best loved and capacious
English artists, and his wife the librettist Myfanwy Piper, friend of and
collaborator with Benjamin Britten. Together they were at the heart of art,
architecture, opera, and the reshaping the perception of 'Englishness' in the
mid-20th century.
Hochlebendige Biographie durch mehr als 100 Abbildungen Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) war eine der bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Von Kindheit an spielte Kunst eine große Rolle in ihrem Leben. Umgeben von Porträts des Malers G. F. Watts und Fotografien ihrer Tante Julia Margaret Cameron wuchs sie in einem Kreis von Literaten, Intellektuellen und Künstlern auf. So verwundert es nicht, dass sie später zur zentralen Figur der berühmten Bloomsbury Group wurde, die mit ihren innovativen Ideen von Kunst und Gesellschaft die moderne Gesellschaft Englands prägte. In ihren Schriften gelang es der scharfen Beobachterin, dieses Umfeld pointiert zu porträtieren. Gleichzeitig führte der rege Austausch dazu, dass sie selbst bei vielen Gelegenheiten von Künstlern und Fotografen porträtiert wurde. Über 100 Gemälde, Fotografien, Buch- und Tagebuchseiten illustrieren diese sorgfältig recherchierte Lebensgeschichte und tragen zu einem tiefen Verständnis für die Person Virginia Woolfs bei. Eine faszinierende Reise durch das Leben der großen Literatin.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Bloomsbury Group transformed
British culture with their innovative approach to art, design and society. In
this book Frances Spalding presents their fascinating biographies, all of
which are illustrated with paintings and intimate photographs created by
members of the group.
John Minton (1917-57) was an artist, a Bohemian and, in his own lifetime, a
myth. By the early 1950s he had become the most admired and influential
illustrator of his day. Frances Spalding's account of Minton's life and work
makes use of letters, articles and revue sketches by Minton himself.
The life of the painter and designer Duncan Grant spanned great changes in
society and art, from Edwardian Britain to the 1970s, from Alma-Tadema to
Gilbert and George.
