Surrealism in Britain - Hardcover

Remy, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859282822 ISBN 13: 9781859282823

Publisher: Lund Humphries, 1999

Synopsis

Surrealism in Britain is the first comprehensive study of the British surrealist movement and its achievements. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a year-by-year narrative of the development of Surrealism among artists, writers, critics and theorists in Britain. It also makes a major contribution to the understanding of the individual achievements of the writers and artists involved and their allegiance to this key twentieth-century art movement.

About this title

About the Author

Michel Remy is Professor of English Literature and Art History at the University of Nice, France, and the leading authority on British Surrealism.

Review

'the first dedicated history of the movement,' The Independent 'a sure-footed guide for the beginner and a treat for the connoisseur,' Times Metro 'Remy probably knows more about the subject than anyone now breathing...Surrealism in Britain is a book without obvious peer...an unusually handsome piece of bookmaking,' Financial Times 'an excellent guide to a previously underrated, but now recognised as revolutionary, period in British art history,' ARLIS News-sheet, No. 139 'Michel Remy is the leading authority on British Surrealism...Surrealism in Britain...is a substantial, well-researched history,' George Melly, Daily Telegraph 'Students of the Surreal will be delighted by Remy's book and due to the immensely fluid nature of British Surrealism (apparently encompassing Henry Moore and the Goons), connoisseurs of other British art movements will find much to illuminate and cross-fertilise their respective fields,' The Art Newspaper, No. 98

Edition details

• Publisher: Lund Humphries
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859282822
• ISBN 13: 9781859282823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 404