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The Women who Shaped Modern Art in Britain

English · Hardback

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The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain' tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner, Myfanwy Piper and others, who helped to change the course of British art in the middle of the last century. Whether as friends, supporters, collectors, curators or galleristes, they played a central role in determining the emergence of artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Piet Mondrian, Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood and Francis Bacon. Hitherto overshadowed by their male counterparts, it was their vigour and passion that set London on course as an art metropolis, the equal of Paris and New York in the 1940s-60s --

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James Scott is the founder of the Arts Project at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and a retired consultant orthopedic surgeon. He is the author of several books, including The Healing Arts, also published by Unicorn.

Summary

The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner, Myfanwy Piper and others, who helped to change the course of British art in the middle of the last century.

Product details

Authors James Scott, Scott James
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.12.2021
 
EAN 9781913491871
ISBN 978-1-913491-87-1
Illustrations Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history

The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, The arts, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs

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