Better remembered now as Vanessa Bell’s husband, CB’s 1914 ‘Art’ was a ground-breaking re-evaluation that stood at the centre of early C20th art. This fine biography reclaims his significance; and the company – Bloomsbury as well as Cocteau, Picasso, Eliot and many others – is excellent.
Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism: A Biography
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£30.00
Edition:Hardback978140889444601/04/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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Described by Churchill as "that strange, glittering being", Vickers met GD as an old lady in a mental hospital many years ago. She enraptured many, including Berenson, Proust and Rodin.
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The first biography of this much loved author, bonne vivante, European, and John Sandoe customer, mentored by Aldous Huxley. Hastings' earlier biographical subjects include Somerset Maugham,... read more
Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life
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A very welcome re-issue. Not so much art history as a series of conversations and thoughts about the work of Paul Nash, David Jones, Joan Eardley, Ben Nicholson and others. Some illustration... read more
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An account of the club, its remarkable members and their influence, since 1824. Scholarly and entertaining.