Paul Nash - Designer and Illustrator

Exploring the ways in which painting, applied design and illustration intertwined over the course of the accomplished career of Paul Nash (1889-1946), this book provides a new perspective on one of the most gifted and celebrated English artists of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Artist as Acrobat; Chapter 2: Meeting Places; Chapter 3: The Artist Outside the Theatre; Chapter 4: An Artist Turned Loose; Chapter 5: 'Vast Primitive Things'; Chapter 6: Marketing Modernism; Chapter 7: A New Eye; Chapter 8: Fine and Applied Art; Notes; Bibliography; Index

About the author

James King is a Professor of English at McMaster University, Canada. A prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, previous books include Interior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash, The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert Read and Roland Penrose: The Life of a Surrealist.

Summary

Exploring the ways in which painting, applied design and illustration intertwined over the course of the accomplished career of Paul Nash (1889-1946), this book provides a new perspective on one of the most gifted and celebrated English artists of the twentieth century.

Additional text

'This unusually beautiful octavo book shows that the design work of English surrealist, landscape painter and official war artist Paul Nash (1889-1946), although spasmodic and commissioned in many media, was a central part of his production.'  – The Art Newspaper

Product details

• Authors: James King
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781848224452
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-445-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Graphic Design, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, history of design, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Illustration & commercial art, Illustration and commercial art