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Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking
£23.60
The Grosvenor School of Modern Art was founded by the influential teacher, painter and wood-engraver Iain McNab in 1925. Situated in London’s Pimlico district, the school played a key role in the story of modern British printmaking between the wars. The Grosvenor School artists received critical acclaim in their time that continued until the late 1930s under the influence of Claude Flight who pioneered a revolutionary method of making the simple linocut to dynamic and colourful effect. Cyril Power, a lecturer in architecture at the school, and Sybil Andrews, the School Secretary, were two of Flight’s star students. Whilst incorporating the avant-garde values of Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism, the Grosvenor School printmakers brought their own unique interpretation of the contemporary world to the medium of linocut in images that are strikingly familiar to this day. They are included in the print collections of the world’s major museums, including the British Museum, the MoMA in New York and the Australian National Gallery.
Cutting Edge, which accompanies an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, illustrates over 120 linocuts, drawings and posters by Grosvenor School artists; its thematic layout focuses on the key components which made up their dynamic and rhythmic visual imagery. For the first time, three Australian printmakers, Dorrit Black, Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme – who played a major part in the Grosvenor School story – are included in a major museum exhibition outside of Australia.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Philip Wilson Publishers (13 Jun. 2019) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 192 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 178130078X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1781300787 |
| Dimensions | 24.21 x 2.39 x 28.24 cm |
by Victoria007
I loved the exhibition that this was representing, and I love this catalogue…
by Amazon Customer
Plenty of work to admire
by Reading woman
Fascinating and detailed catalogue of an important exhibition. The Grosvenor School deserves to be better known for their innovative printmaking.
by Vinnie
I’ve always had an interest in Lino cutting and wanted to find out more about it and having a go , this book gave me the inspiration, not that I’m going to produce remarkable work like what’s illustrated in this book but it’s certainly giving me encouragement to have a try .
by Sizemore
Lovely inspfiring bok.
by Mr AJD Bacchi-Andreoli
Love this book
by H. Walker
A lovely companion guide to the exhibition. I don’t often buy exhibition books these days but I was blown away by the exhibition and wanted time to reflect on it, read more and re-visit the pictures. The gallery had run out of guides and I was told I could pre-order online for the new batch and they would send it. Unfortunately that didn’t happen so I had to buy my copy here. Love it!
by Gwizz25
Excellent reminder of the recent (fairly) exhibition with some wonderful reproductions.
I recommend it.