Paul Nash : landscape and the life of objects / Andrew Causey.

By:

Causey, Andrew

Contributor(s):

Nash, Paul, 1889-1946

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2013.Description: 168 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:

9781848220966
1848220960

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

759.2 NAS

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	759.2 NAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100566471

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Paul Nash (1889-1946) created an individual pathway through English art in the first half of the 20th century, shaping a body of work that recognised the importance of the modern movement and stimulated him to evolve his own English landscape-based Surrealism. Within a narrative that is both chronological and thematic, Andrew Causey, the leading authority on Paul Nash, teases out the character of Nash's vision and unravels his personal mythology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Andrew Causey wrote extensively on 20th-century art and was the author of Paul Nash: Critical Study and Catalogue Raisonn#65533; and books on Edward Burra and Peter Lanyon. He contributed to exhibition catalogues on Stanley Spencer, Andy Goldsworthy and other artists. He selected works for exhibitions in Britain and abroad, including British Art in the Twentieth Century at the Royal Academy in 1987 and was Emeritus Professor of the History of Modern Art at Manchester University.