Modern Art and St Ives by Paul Denison
Modern Art and St. Ives explores the art and artists associated with this seaside Cornwall town from 1915 to 1965. The authors investigate how the art of St. Ives drew upon two key strands of modern art: the utopian ideal of constructivism that began in Moscow in the 1910s and continued through Berlin and Paris between the world wars, and the tradition of craft and the handmade. Major works by leading St. Ives artists such as Peter Lanyon, Barbara Hepworth, and Ben Nicholson are placed alongside the work of their contemporaries from elsewhere in Europe, North America, and beyond.
Dr Chris Stephens has been Director of the Holburne Museum since 2017. Prior to that he worked at Tate for over 20 years, as Head of Displays, Tate Britain, for much of that time, and also as Head of Modern British Art. Exhibitions in London and St Ives included Barbara Hepworth: Centenary (2003), Francis Bacon (2008), Henry Moore (2010), Picasso and Modern British Art (2012) and Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World (2015). Michael White is a Professor in History of Art at the University of York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849763028 |
| ISBN 10 | 184976302X |
| Title | Modern Art and St Ives |
| Author | Paul Denison |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tate Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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