Augustus John - The New Biography (Paperback)

This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s, reveals the complete story of John and his circle, from one of our great biographers. John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived and worked at feverish speed and his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line, their vigor and spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities, London and Paris, of two wives and many families. 'The age of Augustus John was dawning,' Virginia Woolf wrote of the year 1908, which saw many portraits of writers and artists and small glowing oil panels of figures in a landscape. His most striking work was done in the years before the First World War and when he died in 1961 his death was treated as a landmark signaling the end of a distant era.

General

Imprint:	Pimlico
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	2012
Authors:	Michael Holroyd
Dimensions:	234 x 154 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	715
ISBN-13:	978-1-84595-184-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Impressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Post-Impressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Promotions
LSN:	1-84595-184-0
Barcode:	9781845951849

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