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Zusatztext '... attractively illustrated and engagingly written.' C assone Informationen zum Autor Simon Martin is Artistic Director of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, and has curated numerous exhibitions, writing or editing the accompanying catalogue. Andrew Lambirth is Art Editor of The Spectator and author of numerous monographs and exhibition catalogues. Jane Stevenson is author of Edward Burra: Twentieth-century Eye , the first biography of the artist. Klappentext Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Yet, as this fascinating new monograph on his work reveals, his interests were much broader, incorporating landscape and still-life paintings, stage designs, book illustration and watercolours. '... attractively illustrated and engagingly written.' Cassone Zusammenfassung Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Yet, as this fascinating new monograph on his work reveals, his interests were much broader, incorporating landscape and still-life paintings, stage designs, book illustration and watercolours. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Foreword! Stefan van Raay; Introduction! Simon Martin; Chronology; 1 Inculps and Aspershums: Burra's Life and Letters! Jane Stevenson; 2 Street Scene: Burra's View of Modern Urban Life! Simon Martin; 3 The Danse Macabre: Burra's Dark Side! Simon Martin; 4 Painting the Stage and Screen: Burra and Performance! Simon Martin; 5 Burra: The Landscape Option! Andrew Lambirth; Appendix: Ballet! Opera and Theatre Productions designed by Edward Burra; Select List of Exhibitions; Public Collections; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements and Picture Credits; Index
