The England of Eric Ravilious

Constable, Freda; Simon, Sue

ISBN 10: 0859675807 / ISBN 13: 9780859675802

Published by Scolar Press, 1982

About this Item

A nice tight copy in a price clipped dust jacket which is in excellent condition with slight toning and bumping to extremities. Original maroon cloth gilt. 38pp plus 64 plates. 28x22cm.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1673426443518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The England of Eric Ravilious
• Publisher: Scolar Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859675807
• ISBN 13: 9780859675802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) died at the age of 39, when the Air Sea Rescue mission, which he was accompanying in his capacity as Official War Artist, failed to return to its base in Iceland. In his short working life he figured in a group of exceptionally gifted artists, including Edward Bawden and John Nash, who came to prominence just before World War II. He achieved considerable success with his design work in a variety of fields, and is acknowledged to be one of the greatest English wood-engravers. Ravilious, however, felt that his most serious work was landscape painting in watercolour. Surprisingly, this material was generally neglected until the publication of "The England of Eric Ravilious", a study hailed on publication as "an irresistible book about a still underrated artist". This re-issue marks the centenary of the artist's birth. In his powerful yet exquisite watercolours, Ravilious's England reveals itself as a country of rolling downland, quiet countryside, tranquil garde

About the Author

Freda Constable is author of John Constable (1975). Sue Simon, who died in 1978, was an authority on book illustrators of the 1930s.