Evelyn Dunbar : a life in painting /
Campbell-Howes, Christopher,
Evelyn Dunbar : a life in painting / Christopher Campbell-Howes ; foreword by Rosanna Eckersley. - 446 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 427) and index.
Introduction: Aunt Evelyn -- Early years (1906-1933) -- The Brockley murals (1933-36) -- Dear Chas (1933-38) -- Gardens and gardening (1936-38) -- Marking time (1938-40) -- War artist (1) (1940-42) -- Matrimonial interlude (1942) -- War artist (2) (1943-45) -- Post-war allegory (1945-50) -- A landscape loved and worked in equal measure (1950-60).
The importance of Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) in the history of British 20th century art is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. A gifted draughtswoman: youthful prodigy; brilliant student at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Rothenstein and a galaxy of teaching staff including Allan Gwynne-Jones, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney; principal muralist at Brockley School; book illustrator; devout Christian Scientist; official World War 2 artist, the only woman artist to be salaried throughout the war; post-war allegorist and much-loved teacher; subtly insistent feminist; devoted plantswoman, gardener and inspired advocate of 'green' values; warm and witty but self-effacing personality with many accomplishments including, unexpectedly, rock-climbing and playing the banjo; but above all a very individual artist of spirited imagination and consummate technique, whose work, which hangs in all major UK galleries and several overseas, defies ready classification. Dunbar's nephew Christopher Campbell-Howes gives a sparkling, scholarly and measured account of her life and work in a richly illustrated book that combines biography, memoir and catalogue raisonne.
152620584X 9781526205841
GBB716182 bnb
018212911 Uk
Dunbar, Evelyn, 1906-1960.
Artists--Great Britain--Biography.
ND497.D75 / C36 2016
7 DUNB CAM
Evelyn Dunbar : a life in painting / Christopher Campbell-Howes ; foreword by Rosanna Eckersley. - 446 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 427) and index.
Introduction: Aunt Evelyn -- Early years (1906-1933) -- The Brockley murals (1933-36) -- Dear Chas (1933-38) -- Gardens and gardening (1936-38) -- Marking time (1938-40) -- War artist (1) (1940-42) -- Matrimonial interlude (1942) -- War artist (2) (1943-45) -- Post-war allegory (1945-50) -- A landscape loved and worked in equal measure (1950-60).
The importance of Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960) in the history of British 20th century art is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. A gifted draughtswoman: youthful prodigy; brilliant student at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Rothenstein and a galaxy of teaching staff including Allan Gwynne-Jones, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney; principal muralist at Brockley School; book illustrator; devout Christian Scientist; official World War 2 artist, the only woman artist to be salaried throughout the war; post-war allegorist and much-loved teacher; subtly insistent feminist; devoted plantswoman, gardener and inspired advocate of 'green' values; warm and witty but self-effacing personality with many accomplishments including, unexpectedly, rock-climbing and playing the banjo; but above all a very individual artist of spirited imagination and consummate technique, whose work, which hangs in all major UK galleries and several overseas, defies ready classification. Dunbar's nephew Christopher Campbell-Howes gives a sparkling, scholarly and measured account of her life and work in a richly illustrated book that combines biography, memoir and catalogue raisonne.
152620584X 9781526205841
GBB716182 bnb
018212911 Uk
Dunbar, Evelyn, 1906-1960.
Artists--Great Britain--Biography.
ND497.D75 / C36 2016
7 DUNB CAM