Paul Nash Writings on Art |
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| Author:
| Nash, Paul |
| Editor:
| Causey, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-817413-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $319.05AUD $401.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a critical edition of the art writings of the painter Paul Nash (1889-1946). Alongside the very different Wyndham Lewis, Nash was the only major British artist of his generation who was also a regular critic of, and essayist on, art. He knew and read the leading critics of his day, and evolved a distinctive position in relation to them. His relationship to British modernism and the mutual stimulus of art and criticism, the opening up of his criticism and that of others to...
More DescriptionThis is a critical edition of the art writings of the painter Paul Nash (1889-1946). Alongside the very different Wyndham Lewis, Nash was the only major British artist of his generation who was also a regular critic of, and essayist on, art. He knew and read the leading critics of his day, and evolved a distinctive position in relation to them. His relationship to British modernism and the mutual stimulus of art and criticism, the opening up of his criticism and that of others to poetic and literary influences under the influence of Surrealism is discussed by Andrew Causey.