Title

Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939.

Author

Farrell, Jennifer

Details

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021

Publication date

2021

Physical description

pages: 200; illustrations: colour; measurements: 27 cm.

ISBN

9781588397393

Type

None

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Throughout the decades of the early twentieth century, the graphic arts flourished in Great Britain as artists sought to portray everyday life during the machine age. This illustrated volume reintroduces rare print works from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield into the narrative of modernism, demonstrating their relationship to other movements such as Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism. Essays explore how artists turned to printmaking to alleviate trauma, memorialize their wartime experiences, and capture the aspirations and fears of the twenties and thirties. Special attention is given to the linocut technique revolutionized by Claude Flight and his students at London's Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Highlighted as well are the pioneering works of artists such as C. R. W. Nevinson, Sybil Andrews, Cyril E. Power, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Edith Lawrence, Ursula Fookes, and Lill Tschudi. [Summary:worldcat].

Last Updated

17 Mar 2024