Books on Modern British Art | 2012 – 2013 Cover image: Adrian Heath, Composition Yellow, Black & Pink, 1952. Oil on canvas. Artist’s estate. Taken from Adrian Heath by Jane Rye, January 2012 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 1 Documenting Modern and Contemporary British Art Modern British Art is on the ascendant – or so the recent stories from the salerooms would have us believe. In 2011, a Bonhams sale established a new world auction record for a work on paper by Henry Moore, and buyers fought to acquire works by Barbara Hepworth, Kyffin Williams, Elisabeth Frink and Sheila Fell. Sotheby’s sale of the Evill/ Frost Collection earlier in the year set record prices at auction for a host of Modern British artists, including Edward Burra, John Craxton and Lucian Freud. Moore, Hepworth and Freud have long been household names, but a number of these artists have been out of fashion for some time. The recent resurgence of interest in artists such as John Craxton and Sheila Fell (whose work has been meticulously researched by authors Ian Collins and Cate Haste respectively) is perhaps testimony to the importance of the serious documentation of an artist’s output, however belatedly, through exhibitions, TV and radio documentaries, and publications. At Lund Humphries, we endeavour to contribute to that process of documentation, and we are actively filling the gaps. In 2012, we publish the first illustrated monographs on Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan, both of which draw on previously unexplored journals and letters to provide thoroughly researched accounts of the artists’ life and work. A new monograph on Paul Nash by Andrew Causey (November 2012) provides a comprehensive account of the artist’s significance as a painter, reproducing key works from all periods. In Spring 2013 we publish a new, updated edition of the catalogue raisonné of Elisabeth Frink’s sculpture. And Alan Powers’ forthcoming illustrated survey of the work of Eric Ravilious (2013) will provide the first serious assessment of this enduringly popular artist, reproducing his work in all media in a single volume. As 2011’s Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce shows, the aesthetic and aspiration of Modernism embodied in so many of our books are still an important reference point for many of today’s artists. Accordingly, our list has a growing focus on younger artists too, as the expanded Contemporary Artists section in this brochure shows, and in 2012 we publish new books on Abigail McLellan, Kurt Jackson and Richard Woods. Please do contact Lucy Clark (lclark@ lundhumphries.com) or Emma Lilley (emma.lilley@ btinternet.com) with ideas or proposals for new books in Modern and Contemporary British Art. There is much documentation still to be done. Lucy Myers, Managing Director Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 2 early 20th century the england of eric ravilious Freda Constable with Sue Simon Includes 32 colour and 38 b&w illustrations May 2003, 104 pages, Paperback, 270 x 215 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-880-4, £19.99/ $40.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853318804 ‘There is a haunting emblematic quality in Ravilious’s patterned landscapes and scenic geometry, a plangency that has proved prophetic.’ The Guardian Eric Ravilious (1903–42) died at the age of 39 when the Air Sea Rescue mission, which he was accompanying in his capacity as Official War Artist, failed to return to its base in Iceland. In his short working life he figured in a group of exceptionally gifted artists, including Edward Bawden and John Nash, who came into prominence just before the Second World War. He achieved considerable success with his design work in a variety of fields. Ravilious, however, felt that his most serious work was landscape painting in watercolour. The England of Eric Ravilious is a study hailed on publication as ‘an irresistible book about a still underrated artist’. This re-issue marked the centenary of the artist’s birth. edward burra Simon Martin, with contributions by Andrew Lambirth and Jane Stevenson Published in association with Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Includes 120 colour and 30 b&w illustrations October 2011, 176 pages, Hardback, 270 x 228mm ISBN 978-1-84822-090-4, £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220904 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 and book illustration. Somewhat neglected by histories of modern art because his singular vision was often at odds with the mainstream art world, his work is now due for a re-appraisal. Published to accompany a major exhibition of Burra’s paintings and drawings at Pallant House Gallery, this important book represents the first full-scale monograph on Edward Burra and reproduces 100 key paintings alongside drawings and a range of fascinating contextual material. It positions Burra as a major figure in the history of 20th-century art, placing his work alongside that of the German Expressionists and other important contemporaries and influences, such as Surrealism and the macabre. Long awaited, this book will be widely welcomed by all those with an interest in the art of this fascinating maverick and documenter of modern life. paul nash landscape and the life of objects Andrew Causey Includes 100 colour and 40 b&w images November 2012, 168 pages, Hardback. 260 x 220mm ISBN 978-1-84822-096-6, £35.00/ $70.00 Paul Nash (1889–1946) is one of England’s most important artists.Though his career was relatively brief, Nash’s oeuvre is impressively diverse and draws in paintings, watercolours, prints, set design, book illustration and photography. Focusing on the artist’s work as a painter, Andrew Causey skilfully discusses Nash’s work from all periods to present the artist’s continuity of ideas and ambitions. Paul Nash does not fit easily into any pattern of 20th-century British art. The many themes which run through his work – personal and national identity; the horrors of war – and the many movements and ideas with which he was engaged – Cubism; abstraction; Surrealism; Neo- Romanticism; animism and totemism – makes the task of unravelling the trajectory of his career challenging. By taking a chronological, thematic approach, Andrew Causey analyses the many influences and directions Nash explored in his remarkable career to reveal an artist who combined elements of Modernism and tradition to create a wholly original vision. Including 100 colour images, this publication combines first-rate, up-to- date scholarship with the very best of Nash’s paintings and is an invaluable addition to the literature available on this significant British artist. new eric ravilious Alan Powers Includes 150 colour and 75 b&w illustrations September 2013, 216 pages, Hardback, 270 x 249 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-111-6, £35.00/ $70.00 More popular than ever, the work of Eric Ravilious (1903–42) is rooted in the landscape of mid-20th-century England. This new survey of his work by Alan Powers, the established authority on Ravilious, is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of his art in all media – watercolour, illustration, printmaking, graphic design, textiles and ceramics – and positions Ravilious firmly as a major figure in the history of early 20th-century British art. In an accessible and engaging text, copiously illustrated with reproductions of work drawn from a range of sources, Alan Powers discusses the reception of Ravilious’s work since his death in 1942 and the part it has played in creating an English style of the time, positioned between tradition and Modernism, and borrowing from naive and popular art of the past. He assesses the relation of Ravilious’s work as a book illustrator and illustrator to the private-press movement in England; his importance and influence as a watercolourist; his work as a designer in the context of the campaign for design reform; the part played by his work in the renewal of national identity in art and design around the Coronation of George VI; and Ravilious’s distinctive war art. Forthcoming 2013 Edward Burra, Landscape near Rye c.1934–35 © Estate of Edward Burra, courtesy Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London Paul Nash, Harbour and Room Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 3 william roberts an english cubist Andrew Gibbon Williams Includes 60 colour and 40 b&w illustrations January 2005, 152 pages, Hardback, 260 x 220 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-824-8. £45.00/ $90.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853318248 ‘The book is a good read. Comprehensive, well illustrated, meticulously researched this study is a welcome arrival.’ Artists & Illustrators William Roberts was a key player in the development of Cubism in England before the First World War and the longest surviving member of Wyndham Lewis’ Vorticist movement. The book looks for the first time at the whole range of Roberts’ work and asserts his true status as a major contributor to the art of the twentieth century. Roberts was the only English artist of his generation who succeeded in manufacturing a mature style in which was preserved something of the aesthetic of Cubism. As an official war artist for both the Canadians and the British, Roberts produced two of the most meaningful images of the First World War. Adept at portraiture, he not only painted an extraordinary lifelong series of himself and his family, but tackled a number of the most famous personalities of his age including Maynard Keynes and T. E. Lawrence. William Roberts’ life was one of artistic and practical struggle not helped by an intransigent and latterly hermetic personality. Widely illustrated with reproductions of his work, William Roberts: An English Cubist offers a fuller understanding of the life and work of this major British artist. matthew smith catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings John Gledhill Includes 59 colour and 670 b&w illustrations November 2009, 312 pages, Hardback, 290 x 240mm ISBN 978-0-85331-998-6. £130.00/ $260.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319986 Matthew Smith (1879–1959) was one of the most well-known British painters in the first half of the 20th century. He trained at the Slade School before moving to France in 1908, where he attended the Atelier Matisse. He spent much of his time working in France between the wars, as well as an extensive period in Cornwall. Initially influenced by Fauvist painting, he evolved a richly intuitive and painterly style. Employing an alla prima technique, he painted thickly and fluently – his combination of sensual form and colour, particularly in his nudes, has been likened to the work of Delacroix. This volume provides, for the first time, a complete catalogue of the oil paintings by Matthew Smith from 1905 to 1957 together with a substantial critical reappraisal of the artist’s work. Gledhill situates the artist in the context of Modernism, his Bloomsbury peers and the London Group. Provenance, exhibition catalogues and literature are brought together in extensively researched entries, and the majority of the paintings are illustrated. Four colour-plate sections showcase the glowing colours and textures that typified Smith’s work. f.c.b. cadell the life and works of a scottish colourist 1883–1937 Tom Hewlett and Duncan Macmillan, with a Foreword by Timothy Clifford Includes 180 colour and 20 b&w illustrations September 2011, 192 pages, Hardback, 270 x 228 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-088-1, £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220881 Originally published in 1988, F.C.B. Cadell: The Life and Works of a Scottish Colourist 1883–1937 was the first book devoted entirely to the life of the remarkable artist, and leading Scottish Colourist, F.C.B. Cadell. Now fully revised, this expanded edition includes a new essay by Duncan Macmillan which complements the fascinating biographical material presented in Tom Hewlett’s original text. Highlighting the artist’s outgoing and generous personality and his wit, the narrative also demonstrates Cadell’s extraordinarily versatile artistic talent, which helped to lay the foundations of 20th-century Scottish art. While the spontaneity of early works reveals Cadell’s debt to Impressionism, later paintings, produced after the artist’s time in the trenches, established his reputation as a master of colour. Works which combined well- defined structures with striking primary colours placed him alongside artists S.J. Peploe, J.D. Fergusson and Leslie Hunter – a respected grouping now recognised internationally as the Scottish Colourists. s.j. peploe 1871–1935 Guy Peploe Includes 160 colour and 25 b&w illustrations January 2012, 200 pages, Hardback, 270 x 228 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-115-4, £35.00/ $70.00 Fully revised and expanded since its first publication in 2000, Guy Peploe’s insightful book on his artist grandfather, S.J. Peploe (1871–1935), reveals the considerable talents of one of Scotland’s greatest painters and leading Colourists. With the narrative constructed around private papers and images found within the family archive, the life and work of a complex and brilliant artist are presented. Complemented by images which span the painter’s whole career, from the luscious still-life paintings and Sargent- esque figure compositions of his early period, through the vibrant work done in France before the First World War, to the landscapes of his maturity, this publication is a visual feast for art lovers, collectors and devotees of Peploe’s work. new early 20th century S.J. Peploe,Tulips and Fruit c.1919 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 4 john minton dance till the stars come down Frances Spalding Includes 24 colour and 39 b&w illustrations May 2005, 336 pages, Hardback, 234 x 156 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-918-4. £45.00/ $90.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319184 John Minton (1917–57) was an artist, a Bohemian and, in his own lifetime, a myth. During the 1940s and early 1950s he become a central figure within Soho, an intimate friend of, among many others, Michael Ayrton, Robert Colquhoun, Lucian Freud and the poet W.S. Graham. He enjoyed early success as a painter and was associated in the 1940s with the English Neo-Romantics. By the early 1950s he had become the most admired and influential illustrator of his day. Frances Spalding’s sensitive account of Minton’s life and work makes use of letters, articles and revue sketches by Minton himself, as well as many interviews with the artist’s friends and acquaintances. She brings out the many conflicts within him, and shows how these were reflected in his art through its combination of romantic imagery and taut severities of style. His deep melancholy was for the most part kept hidden behind a euphoric generosity and a wild restlessness. But gradually, like his alcoholism, it became all-pervasive, and tragic and embittered he took his own life, aged thirty-nine. This new edition incorporates a new preface by the author and a new appendix featuring lists of public collections, exhibitions, illustrated books and book jackets, and a select bibliography. It will be widely welcomed by art historians, curators, dealers and all those interested in this fascinating period in British art and culture. neo-romanticism & surrealism john craxton Ian Collins, with an Introduction by David Attenborough Includes 179 colour and 47 b&w illustrations May 2011, 186 pages, Hardback, 270 x 249 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-069-0. £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220690 ‘ superb, sumptuously illustrated book ’ World of Interiors This is the first full-scale monograph on British artist John Craxton (1922–2009), a key figure in post-war painting who authorised this publication shortly before his death. Craxton was a brilliant and well-connected artist with a passion for Greek life, light and landscape. Rejected for military service in 1941, he shared premises in London with Lucian Freud, provided by their benefactor and friend Peter Watson. Through Watson he met other artists linked to Neo-Romanticism and, like many of his generation, came under the influence of William Blake, Samuel Palmer and Graham Sutherland. But by 1945 his work was more closely connected with that of European artists such as Picasso and Miró. Always longing to escape, Craxton travelled around the Mediterranean after World War II, finally settling in Crete from 1960, where he continued to develop his Romantic pastoral themes in sunburst images influenced by Byzantine mosaics. He also created scintillating ballet and book designs. Ian Collins’s engaging text is informed by his many conversations with the artist, who was also a celebrated wit and story-teller, and is supported by more than 200 reproductions of life-affirming paintings and drawings. The book will be welcomed by art historians, collectors, curators and all those with an interest in the history of Modern British Art. prunella clough regions unmapped Frances Spalding Includes 110 colour and 30 b&w illustrations February 2012, 240 pages, Hardback, 260 x 220 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-011-9, £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220119 Prunella Clough (1919–99) was one of the best and most original artists to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. This book celebrates her outstanding contribution to British art providing, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of Clough’s entire career. Situating the development of Clough’s art within the trajectory of her life, Frances Spalding explores the key themes and inspirations that informed the artist’s work. The author’s unique access to hitherto unpublished letters, a journal which Clough kept in the late 1940s and notebooks from the artist’s visits around England, combined with her extensive knowledge of 20th-century British art, ensure that this highly readable account of Clough’s life and work breaks new ground. Themes such as the importance of place in Clough’s oeuvre, and her interest in Surrealism, Neo-Romanticism and Abstract Expressionism, run alongside broader debates such as the artist’s position within the English art scene and her critical reception. Her relationship with her aunt, designer and architect Eileen Gray, is given due attention, as are other key alliances in her life. With its breadth of material, Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers, from those with a general interest in the artist and the period to curators, collectors, dealers and academics. new keith vaughan Philip Vann and Gerard Hastings Includes 150 colour and 30 b&w illustrations October 2012, 184 pages, Hardback, 270mm x 228mm ISBN 978-1-84822-097-3, £40.00/$80.00 Keith Vaughan (1912–77) was a major figure in post-war British art who is known for his searching portraits of the male nude and his association with the Neo-Romantic painters. This book provides for the first time a definitive, illustrated account of his life and work, exploring his wide-ranging achievement as a modern British artist. Drawing on Vaughan’s considerable writings, Philip Vann explores the many aspects of the artist’s personal, professional and philosophical-inner life. His text interweaves art-critical and biographical exploration to reveal a figure for whom art was inseparable from the nature of its creator. He reviews Vaughan’s large body of paintings, drawings and illustrations: his early Neo-Romantic paintings of male bathers and boys in semi-abstracted landscapes, his post-war illustrations of young men immersed in elegiac contemplation of the landscape, and his later gouaches and landscapes. A fascinating essay by Gerard Hastings provides a close-up examination of Vaughan’s gouache technique. Published in the year of Vaughan’s centenary, this book will be essential reading for all Modern British Art specialists, collectors and enthusiasts. new Keith Vaughan, Bather, 1959, Oil on canvas. Private Collection Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 5 surrealism in britain Michel Remy Includes 70 colour and 100 b&w illustrations August 2001, 404 pages, 234 x 156 mm, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-85331-825-5. £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853318255 Hardback, April 1999 ISBN 978-1-85928-282-3. £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781859282823 ‘Michel Remy is the leading authority on British Surrealism Surrealism in Britain a substantial, well-researched history.’ Daily Telegraph Since the rediscovery of British Surrealism at the Children of Alice exhibition at Marcel Fleiss’s Galerie 1900–2000 in Paris in 1982, there has been a major revival of interest in Surrealism outside France. Surrealism in Britain is the first comprehensive study of the British Surrealist movement and its achievements. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a year-by-year narrative of the development of Surrealism among artists, writers, critics and theorists in Britain, from the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London right through to the present day. leonora carrington surrealism, alchemy and art Susan L. Aberth Includes 95 colour and 25 b&w illustrations March 2010, 160 pages, Paperback, 290 x 249 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-056-0. £20.00/ $40.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220560 ‘ full of stunning colour reproductions of Carrington’s visionary art, whose hybrid forms borrow from nature, culture and religion in order to take themselves beyond all three. A beautiful book…’ The Sunday Telegraph Now available in paperback, this book remains the definitive survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (b.1917), providing a fascinating overview of this intriguing artist’s life and rich body of work. Carrington’s preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production are all explored. the sources of surrealism Edited by Neil Matheson Includes 80 b&w illustrations October 2006, 872 pages, Hardback, 234 x 156 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-949-8. £125.00/ $250.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319498 ‘Altogether, in both detail and scope, it has the feel of something satisfyingly comprehensive. Matheson’s introduction alone, at over 70 pages, is almost book-length. With all these elements in place The Sources of Surrealism looks certain to remain an essential reference work on the group for many years to come’. Arlis Surrealism is a particularly complex international movement, embracing both the literary and the visual arts, while lacking any single visual or literary style, and this, together with its long existence, has served to generate a very substantial body of writings – poetry, novels, essays, theoretical writings, manifestoes and other documents – which might be considered as fundamental to any proper understanding of the movement. The Sources of Surrealism is a comprehensive sourcebook documenting the origins and development of Surrealism internationally through a collection of 234 original documents. The texts have been selected from across the whole range of Surrealist writing, as well as including influential predecessors like Rimbaud and Lautréamont, and contemporaries such as Raymond Roussel and Alfred Jarry. Texts are published in English throughout, with new translations provided for previously untranslated material. This fascinating collection presents what was most vital about this complex and often contradictory movement, and serves as an essential reference book for scholars, as well as stimulating reading for all those with a general interest in the subject. surreal friends leonora carrington, remedios varo and kati horna Stefan van Raay, Joanna Moorhead and Teresa Arcq, with contributions by Sharon-Michi Kusunoki and Antonio Rodriguez Rivera Published in association with Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Includes 70 colour and 60 b&w illustrations May 2010, 144 pages, Hardback, 260 x 210 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-059-1. £30.00, $60.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220591 Surreal Friends brings together for the first time the work of three women Surrealist artists, brought together in exile in Mexico in the 1940s: British painter Leonora Carrington, Span- ish painter Remedios Varo and Hungarian photographer Kati Horna. For all three women, Mexico offered freedom to explore their art in ways that had not been possible in Europe. Surreal Friends tells the fascinating story of their artistic friendship. neo-romanticism & surrealism Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 6 the st ives artists a biography of place and time Michael Bird Includes 22 b&w illustrations March 2008, 192 pages, Paperback, 234 x 156 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-956-6. £19.99/ $40.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319566 ‘A fascinating and highly readable account of St Ives and its artists’ Cornwall Life 2008 Michael Bird opens up new ground in exploring connections – often unexpected – between the St Ives artists and contemporary developments in society, literature and other fields. As the idealism of pre-war Constructivism was transformed by St Ives artists in the post-war decades, he shows how local themes of landscape and community reflected much wider social and cultural changes during the Austerity era and beyond. For the first time, this book fully integrates the St Ives artists into the cultural narrative of 20th-century Britain, especially from the 1930s onwards. It ranges from the intense hopes that accompanied the Labour victory in 1945 to the explosion of consumerism and American influence in the 1950s, and beatnik youth culture of the 1960s – all of which connected interestingly with St Ives. The artists emerge as vivid and very different personalities, as often embroiled in conflict as in any shared artistic agenda. Drawing on fresh research, Michael Bird has created a fascinating and highly readable account of St Ives and its artists. The question ‘What was St Ives art really about?’ is often asked. This book provides some authoritative, provocative and entertaining answers. st ives and british abstraction margaret mellis Andrew Lambirth Includes 126 colour and 25 b&w illustrations October 2010, 200 pages, Hardback, 270 x 228 mm 978-1-84822-048-5, £40.00/ $80.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220485 Margaret Mellis (1914–2009) was an artist of diverse skills: a painter, a maker of collages and reliefs, and a sculptor. She was a key figure in British Modernism and with her first husband, the author and critic Adrian Stokes, was pivotal in establishing the influential artists’ colony in St Ives. Surprisingly, relatively little has been written about Mellis. This book, which incorporates groundbreaking new research, is the first comprehensive monograph on this important artist. Skilfully unravelling the complexities of Mellis’ oeuvre in the context of her fascinating life, Andrew Lambirth presents an unrivalled account of a truly remarkable artist and woman. Including a wealth of visual material, which illustrates Mellis’ unique vision, Margaret Mellis combines insightful analysis with outstanding imagery and as such is essential reading for anyone interested in Modern British Art. sandra blow Michael Bird, with a Foreword by Norman Rosenthal Includes 100 colour and 38 b&w illustrations October 2011, 172 pages, Paperback, 270 x 228 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-089-8, £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319214 ‘A fascinating read for any Blow enthusiast.’ Cornwall Today In this highly readable account, now available in paperback, Michael Bird looks in depth at Blow’s evolving studio practice and the personal nature of her abstract vision. He places Blow’s achievement firmly within the wider context of British and international art movements of the post-war period and late 20th century. He also casts new light on the role played in her life by Alberto Burri and Roger Hilton, two influences she acknowledged to be crucial to her art. Through close attention to Blow’s working methods, this book provides a unique insight into her creative process. It reveals the intensity of emotional engagement and technical experimentation that lie behind the apparent spontaneity of her vivid handling of materials, colour and form. adrian heath Jane Rye Includes 155 colour and 20 b&w illustrations January 2012, 216 pages, Hardback, 290 x 240 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-038-6, £40.00/ $80.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220386 This is the first book on British abstract painter Adrian Heath (1920–92), who was a member of the Constructivist circle and a pioneer of abstraction in Britain in the post-war period. Adrian Heath was born in Burma and studied art under Stanhope Forbes in Newlyn before attending the Slade School of Fine Art in 1939. In a German prison camp during the Second World War he was an active escapee and gave lessons in oil-painting to Terry Frost, who became his lifelong friend and described him as ‘the bravest man I ever knew’. He returned to the Slade after the war and became a pivotal member of the circle of abstract artists around Victor Pasmore in the late 1940s, which included Mary and Kenneth Martin and Anthony Hill. The three exhibitions of art and design held in Heath’s Fitzroy Street studio in 1952/3 have become legendary in the history of post-war British modernism, and he is an important link between the abstract painters of St Ives and their Constructivist London counterparts. His house and studio in Charlotte Street are celebrated as convivial meeting places for discussion between artists of all persuasions. Jane Rye paints a rounded portrait of Adrian Heath’s life and career, alongside reproductions of a wide selection of work from his entire oeuvre, and gives a clear account of the theories and development of abstract art in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, and of the vital part Heath played in the avant-garde art world of post-war Britain. new Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 7 roger hilton Adrian Lewis Includes 16 colour and 80 b&w illustrations July 2003, 234 pages, Hardback, 244 x 172 mm ISBN 978-1-84014-673-8. £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781840146738 Roger Hilton’s extraordinary career is discussed in all its phases, from the intriguing earliest explorations in paint to the inception of his first abstract pieces around 1950 and the complex and intriguing interchanges of imagery and form that mark his final works. Adrian Lewis explains the artist’s mature works as both attracting the viewer and resisting easy reading, and discusses in detail the artist’s debt to the Ecole de Paris and his relation to the notion of the ‘act of painting’ that pervaded post-war culture. ben nicholson drawings and painted reliefs Peter Khoroche Includes 80 colour and 40 b&w illustrations March 2002, 160 pages, 270 x 249 mm Hardback, ISBN 978-0-85331-802-6, £25.00/$50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853318026 Paperback, ISBN 978-1-84822-004-1, £19.99/ $40.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220041 ‘I can think of nowhere else that a reader can gain a more thorough appreciation of the reliefs than in this book The quality of the illustrations in the book is high ’ Burlington Magazine This is the first book to focus on Nicholson’s drawings and painted reliefs made between 1950 and 1975. The 120 illustrations include works rarely or never reproduced before, and much of the extensive quotation is from Nicholson’s own unpublished writings. bryan wynter Michael Bird Includes 129 colour and 50 b&w illustrations April 2010, 216 pages, Hardback, 290 x 240 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-009-6. £35.00/ $70.900 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220096 Bryan Wynter (1915–75) was a major figure in post- war British art. This is the first full-length survey of his career. It examines the cultural, intellectual and social contexts of his work, from his early studies at the Slade and interest in Surrealism, through his move to Cornwall after the Second World War and his place in the progressive art scene in London and St Ives between 1945 and 1975. Generously illustrated with works from all periods of Wynter’s creative life, including many works never previously reproduced, this book makes an important contribution to the history of post-war British art. It will be a valuable source of reference for all those with an interest in abstract art, the St Ives painters, and post-war cultural history. terry frost David Lewis and David Archer, Ronnie Duncan, Adrian Heath, Linda Saunders. Edited by Elizabeth Knowles Includes 96 colour and 150 b&w illustrations October 2000, 240 pages, Paperback, 280 x 270 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-793-7. £37.50/ $75.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853317937 ‘A beautifully illustrated biography’ The Times Presenting the life and work of the painter Terry Frost, this book encapsulates his own thoughts and writings about art and life, the history of his five decades of creative output and reflections on particular qualities of his art. rose hilton something to keep the balance Andrew Lambirth Includes 120 colour and 30 b&w illustrations June 2009, 176 pages, Hardback, 260 x 220 mm, ISBN 978-1-84822-008-9, £40.00/ $80.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220089 Limited Edition Hardback ISBN 978-1-84822-025-6 £200.00/ $400.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220256 Outlining Rose Hilton’s life and career, this book, the first on the artist, draws heavily upon diaries Hilton has kept sporadically throughout her life. Skilfully interweaving diary entries throughout the narrative, Andrew Lambirth has created an exceptionally frank portrayal of the emotional and psychological wellsprings of an artist who has had to fight for her identity, but who has won through to genuine acclaim. Thoroughly engrossing, Rose Hilton is essential reading for anyone interested in British art in the 20th century. See also Terry Frost Prints, page 17 w. barns-graham a studio life new centenary edition Lynne Green Includes 191 colour and 41 b&w illustrations November 2011, 344 pages, Paperback, 290 x 249 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-095-9. £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220959 This new paperback edition of Lynne Green’s classic monograph completes the story of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s life and work with a new Coda covering Barns-Graham’s final years, which draws for the first time on the artist’s personal diaries and notebooks. As this new edition demonstrates, in the last decade of her life Barns-Graham’s creative invention blossomed and her output increased dramatically, not least because of her enthusiastic adoption of cutting-edge contemporary screenprinting techniques. In these years she worked with a new sense of urgency and creative freedom, in which risk-taking became a central theme. The result was some of the most exhilarating, joyful, and life- affirming work ever produced by a British artist. st ives and british abstraction Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544 8 ivon hitchens Peter Khoroche Includes 110 colour and 40 b&w illustrations May 2007, 208 pages, Hardback, 280 x 270 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-936-8, £45.00/ $90.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319368 ‘ it remains the most comprehensive account of his life and work and draws on much of the artist’s own writings and unpublished correspondence.’ Arlis Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979) is widely regarded as the outstanding English landscape painter of the 20th century. Immediately recognisable by its daring yet subtle use of colour and brushmark to evoke the spirit of place, his work is to be found in public and private collections throughout the world. In this, the definitive study of Hitchens’ life and work now issued in a new, revised edition, Peter Khoroche draws on the painter’s published writings, correspondence and conversation to create a critical reappraisal of Hitchens’ theory and practice. He surveys the entire oeuvre (still-lifes, flower pieces, nudes, interiors and large-scale murals besides the landscapes), a huge legacy of work spanning 60 years, and charts the journey from conventional beginnings to ‘figurative abstraction’. A new selection of over 100 colour images provides a retrospective exhibition covering Hitchens’ whole career. These illustrations, examples of his best and most characteristic painting in all genres, demonstrate the artist’s outstanding talents and reinforce his standing as a key figure in the history of British art. mid-century paintersTERS winifred nicholson Christopher Andreae Includes 190 colour and 10 b&w illustrations May 2009, 208 pages, Hardback, 270 x 228 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-972-6. £40.00/ $80.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319726 ‘This is a delightfully light and airy book, a pleasure to look at Andreae has written a refreshingly plain and readable narrative of a painting life.’ The Art Newspaper Luminosity, open space and quick movements characterise Winifred Nicholson’s paintings. Flowers on windowsills are a favourite subject, not only for their intrinsic beauty, or even their personalities, but above all for their living, translucent colour. The ways in which light divides into atmospheric rainbow colours was a matter of childlike wonder to her throughout her long career. This book shows Winifred Nicholson as much more than a ‘flower painter’. She managed an unusually creative balance between motherhood and painting, her children becoming subjects – as did her husband, the artist Ben Nicholson. Too often given a cursory mention as his first wife, Winifred warrants independent recognition for the striking originality of her own work. This exciting book, which draws on Winifred’s extensive correspondence and reproduces many previously unpublished paintings, offers a fresh and rounded view of Winifred Nicholson’s life and art. sheila fell a passion for paint Cate Haste With a Foreword by Frank Auerbach Includes 80 colour and 30 b&w illustrations September 2010, 136 pages, Hardback, 260 x 220 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-979-5, £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319795 ‘Richly illustrated and quite revelatory, the book draws on hitherto unpublished sources including letters, diaries and interviews with friends and contemporaries such as artists Frank Auerbach, the late Craigie Aitchison and Sir Peter Blake, and has been well worth waiting for.’ Cumbria Life Talented, determined and charismatic, Sheila Fell (1931–79) was one of the very few women artists to achieve national recognition in the 1950s and 1960s. Her tragic early death cut short her burgeoning artistic career. This book, the first comprehensive study of her life and work, draws on previously unpublished letters and archive sources to establish Sheila Fell as a significent voice in British figurative landscape painting of mid-century. william crozier Edited by Katharine Crouan, with essays by S.B. Kennedy and Philip Vann Includes 176 colour and 24 b&w illustrations September 2007, 208 pages, Hardback, 290 x 249 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-970-2, £45.00/$90.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319702 ‘A treat for the senses.’ The Spectator William Crozier (1930–2011) was born in Glasgow and educated at the Glasgow School of Art. He spent time in Paris and Dublin before settling in London, where he quickly gained a reputation as the 1950s equivalent of a Young British Artist through the early success and notoriety of his exhibitions of assemblages and paintings. This is the first major monograph on his work. Crozier has exhibited widely in London, Glasgow, Dublin and Continental Europe. From the 1980s, when he set up studios in Ireland and the UK, his painting of the landscape has blossomed with an extraordinary radiance and confidence. Then, as now, his landscapes and still-lifes use sumptuous colour to engineer the emotional intensity of the paintings. He remains concerned with developing the language of figurative painting. This book is the first to give substantial critical attention to an artist well known within the UK and Irish art worlds, and gives new insights into the history of figurative painting in Britain. It provides a detailed survey of Crozier’s wide-ranging work over the last 50 years, placing it within wider European traditions as well as relating it to developments in Irish, Scottish and English art. Crozier is a formidable colourist, and the critical texts are accompanied by extensive reproductions of the artist’s work in colour. The book will be widely welcomed by collectors and devotees of the artist’s work, students of modern art, and art lovers in general. Lakeland Book of the Year 2011 Sheila Fell, Snowscape, 1960. © Anna Fell [...]... decades Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 10 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years contemporary artistsISTS tony bevan john byrne art and life Kosme de Barañano, Klaus Ottmann, Jonathan Sinclair-Wilson and Marco Livingstone Foreword by Jon Bird Robert Hewison Includes 98 colour and 18 b&w illustrations June 2011,... evolution and complexities of the artist’s oeuvre Boasting an impressive selection of over 100 colour images, this publication is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary British art and the evolution of Ian McKeever’s distinctive work Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 13 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for... Roberts 3 Winifred Nicholson 8 Y Youmans, Marly 12 Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 20 Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 Lund Humphries – Leading publishers of books on Modern British Art for over 60 years francis bacon wilhelmina barns-graham tony bevan elizabeth blackadder peter blake sandra... printing with minor revisions Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 18 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years posters, ceramics and textiles london transport posters a century of art and design Scott Anthony and Oliver Green Edited by David Bownes and Oliver Green Published in association with British Airways Includes... as well as newcomers to her work Martin Holman’s engaging text surveys the artist’s entire career to date and is accompanied by colour reproductions of key works Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 11 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years contemporary artistsISTS Forthcoming 2013 jeremy gardiner the origins of... US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 14 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years sculptors barbara hepworth the plasters the gift to wakefield the drawings of henry moore Edited by Sophie Bowness, with contributions by Sophie Bowness, David Chipperfield, Frances Guy, Jackie Heuman, Tessa Jackson, Simon Wallis and Gordon Watson Published in association with The Henry Moore Foundation... book will be welcomed by the artist’s growing following of supporters and collectors and by all those with an interest in contemporary narrative painting Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 12 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years contemporary artistsI New in paperback kurt jackson a new genre of landscape painting... series on Anthony Caro is also available as a Limited Edition boxed set Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 This is a boxed set of Anthony Caro: Drawing in Space, Anthony Caro: Interior and Exterior, Anthony Caro: Figurative and Narrative Sculpture, Anthony Caro: Small Sculptures and Anthony Caro: Presence The box has been specially designed by Anthony... Durham Wharf in London Joan Eardley, Boy in a Blue Jersey, 1953 Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 9 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years pop and beyond peter blake one man show Marco Livingstone Includes 200 colour and 25 b&w illustrations May 2009, 240 pages, Hardback, 290 x 245 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-980-1,... alike During the Second World War, Henry Moore created a series of drawings documenting the plight of Londoners sheltering in the Underground This is the first book to examine Moore’s Shelter Drawings within the context of the Blitz Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 15 Lund Humphries – Leading Publishers on Modern British Art for over 60 years . Books on Modern British Art | 2012 – 2013 Cover image: Adrian Heath, Composition Yellow, Black & Pink, 1952. Oil on canvas. Artist’s estate +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–8 0 0–5 3 5–9 544 1 Documenting Modern and Contemporary British Art Modern British Art is on the ascendant – or so the recent stories