Ravilious & Co. The Pattern of Friendship.

Friend, Andy

ISBN 10: 050023955X / ISBN 13: 9780500239551

Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2018

About this Item

Dustwrapper, tall 8vo, pp.336. 259 illustrations, many in colour. Published in association with Towner Art Gallery. An account of the group of pre war modern British artists who worked ( and played ) together within a network, including Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman, Enid Marx and others, all influenced by the teaching of Paul Nash at the Royal College of Art. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Heavy book weighing c1350g when parcelled, exceeding the postage quotation default weight of 1000g and thus incurring extra postage over the default for orders from overseas and those sent by 1st class post in the UK ( 2nd class unaffected ).

Seller Inventory # 009770

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ravilious & Co. The Pattern of Friendship.
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 050023955X
• ISBN 13: 9780500239551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Eric Ravilious
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

A dynamic tale of art and friendship, set between the World Wars, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world

Eric Ravilious is one of the best-known twentieth-century English artists. For many, his watercolors capture the spirit of midcentury England. But while he had a style of his own, he did not work in isolation; he worked within a network of artists that included fellow students at the Royal College of Art such as Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman, Enid Marx, Percy Horton, Peggy Angus, and Helen Binyon.

The story of this beloved artist is also a biography of the group of fellow creators with whom he associated―men and women who inspired, challenged, and influenced one another―from their student days up through the Second World War. Drawing on extensive research, Andy Friend considers the predecessors in the English watercolor and wood-engraving tradition that influenced the group’s art and demonstrates the significance of women artists, whose place within this interwar-era network has often been neglected.

Published to coincide with the seventy-fifth anniversary of Ravilious’s death, Ravilious & Co. accompanies an exhibition of the same name, touring throughout England in 2017.

215 illustrations, 145 in color

About the Authors

Andy Friend is an author and curator of Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship and John Nash: The Landscape of Love and Solace.

Alan Powers is an architectural and cultural historian who teaches at the New York University in London, the London School of Architecture, and the University of Kent.