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John Nash : the landscape of love and solace

Title: John Nash : the landscape of love and solace / Andy Friend ; with a foreword by David Dimbleby.
Author: Friend, Andy (Writer on art)
Publication: London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2020.

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Description

352 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

John Nash (1893-1977) was a highly versatile artist who responded to the British landscape with a unique vision that still resonates today. He also created some of the most memorable paintings of the First World War. Over a sixty-year career he produced paintings in oil and watercolour and was also an illustrator, cartoonist, wood-engraver and arguably the finest botanical draughtsman of his era. Unlike his older brother Paul, John received no formal art training, but emerged almost fully fledged into the London art world of 1913. Held in high regard by his contemporaries, Nash was part of a wide network of artist friends, including Walter Sickert, Harold Gilman, Charles Ginner, Mark Gertler, Dora Carrington, Cedric Morris and of course his brother Paul, and he in turn influenced Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden. 0'John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace' examines these personal and working relationships, and in particular that with his wife Christine Kuhlenthal. An extraordinary voice in her own right, revealed here for the first time through her letters and journals, Christine's influence was critical to Nash's career during a long marriage which also encompassed both partners having many other relationships. Their life story is an extraordinary one, which as this book shows was touched by many hitherto untold events. Drawing on original research, this fascinating and long-overdue biography provides a much fuller picture of John Nash and his work than previously and is at the same time an intimate and compelling narrative, embracing love, tragedy and the pursuit of solace.

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Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQE 20-591

ISBN

9780500022900
0500022909

OCLC

1173795764

Author

Friend, Andy (Writer on art), author.

Title

John Nash : the landscape of love and solace / Andy Friend ; with a foreword by David Dimbleby.

Publisher

London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JQE 20-591

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