The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85331-865-1 (ISBN)
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A graduate of Leon Underwood's Brook Green School of Art in London, Gertrude Hermes (1901-83) trained as a painter and sculptor. Hermes and her husband, Blair Hughes-Stanton, who she met at Brook Green, went on to become leading lights in the early twentieth-century's wood-engraving revival. Although their marriage was short-lived, their exuberant visual inventions for Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom brought them critical acclaim.
Much has been written about Hermes' career as a wood engraver. In contrast, her contribution as a sculptor has been somewhat eclipsed - until now.
The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes presents for the first time a full analysis of the artist's entire sculptural oeuvre. Along with a comprehensive catalogue of Hermes' sculpture, Jane Hill provides a full account of the artist's life in the context of her career as a sculptor. What results is a picture of a pioneering spirit who created busts and heads, functional designs, decorative work and reliefs that are dynamic and unpredictable.
Featuring over 140 images, The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes is a groundbreaking study of an artist so long associated with one art form. This book redresses the imbalance and creates a new and fresh perspective on an important female artist of the twentieth century.
Jane Hill is a writer, independent art historian and curator working for magazines, galleries and museums, private collectors, films and in broadcasting.
Contents: Acknowledgements; Part I: Paper Scissors Stone - Ch. 1: Milieus and Group Practices; The Brook Green School; The Chiswick Group; Down to Earth. Ch. 2: Themes and Materials; Womb Magic; Entombment; Metamorphosis; The Confessional Torso; Part II: Modern English Ornament - Ch. 3: Artist Designers of the Every-Day Things of Life; Pundits and Impresarios; The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre; Private Decorative Functional; The Political Mood; Ch. 4: The Artist Craftworker; Presswoman; 'Medieval' Modernism; The New Road Houses; Part III: Worlds Within Worlds - Ch. 5: The Human Clay; Portraits; War Work; Ch. 6: Art Educators and Progressive Thinkers; Teaching/Art Schools; Hand in Hand: Teaching and Exhibiting; A Public Artist; A Fair Field and no Favour; Part IV: Cheer to the Echo - Ch. 7: The Harvest of a Quiet Eye; Continuing Figure Revelations; Re-colonising the Past; Catalogue; Bibliography; Chronology; Mixed and Solo Exhibitions; Public Collections; Index; Photographic Credits.
| Reihe/Serie | British Sculptors & Sculpture |
|---|---|
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Penelope Curtis |
| Zusatzinfo | Includes 12 colour and 131 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 240 x 290 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85331-865-4 / 0853318654 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85331-865-1 / 9780853318651 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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