Books on Modern British Art | 2012 – 2013 pot

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.. This ne

Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544

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

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 (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

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

Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544

william roberts

an english cubistAndrew 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

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

1871–1935Guy 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

early 20th century

S.J Peploe,Tulips and Fruit c.1919

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

‘ superb, sumptuously illustrated book ’ World

of InteriorsThis 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

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

Keith Vaughan, Bather, 1959, Oil

on canvas Private Collection

Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544

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 TelegraphSince 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

‘ 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 TelegraphNow 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’. ArlisSurrealism 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

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

the st ives artists

a biography of place and timeMichael 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

‘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

Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544

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

‘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 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

post-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

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

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 editionLynne 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

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.’

ArlisIvon 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

‘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

‘A treat for the senses.’ The SpectatorWilliam 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

Order online at www.lundhumphries.com/mba or phone: +44 (0)1235 827730/ US 1–800–535–9544

the art and life of josef herman

‘in labour my spirit finds itself’

Monica Bohm-Duchen

Includes 100 colour and 50 b&w illustrations March 2009, 200 pages, Hardback, 260 x 220 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-945-0 , £40.00/ $80.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319450

Born in Warsaw in 1911 into a working-class Jewish family, Josef Herman arrived in Britain (via Belgium)

in 1940, settling first in Glasgow and then in the South Welsh mining village of Ystradgynlais

This monograph aims both to introduce this important artist to a new public, and to reveal an

artist of far greater diversity and complexity than even Herman’s longstanding admirers will

Derrick Greaves (b.1927) initially gained acclaim in the 1950s, when he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale along with the other ‘Kitchen Sink’ painters with whom he was associated: John Bratby, Edward Middleditch and Jack Smith

This is the first book to trace Greaves’s entire career to date, providing insight into how his work developed from the social realism of the 1950s to a more heraldic style that parallelled 1960s Pop Art

peter kinley

Catherine Kinley and Marco Livingstone

Includes 100 colour and 30 b&w illustrations May 2010, 128 pages, Hardback, 290 x 246 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-005-8, £35.00/ $70.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220058

Aptly described as ‘an artist’s artist’, Peter Kinley (1926–88) was a well-respected painter who achieved great early success and commanded much attention during his lifetime

Including 100 colour images of key works from Kinley’s 40-year career, the narrative is supported with biographical photographs from the Kinley family archive These illustrations, combined

with informative and illuminating texts on his paintings and on his singular life, make this

publication an essential resource for anyone interested in this key British artist and the

period in which he worked

mid-century painters TERS

Despite his militant atheism, Francis Bacon (1909–92) exploited the symbols of Christianity, especially the Crucifixion and the Pope, throughout his career Rina Arya explains how the artist redeployed religious iconography both to show Christianity’s untenability in the modern age and to convey an experience of the human condition, specifically animalism and mortality Placing the work within the context of post-war philosophical pre-occupations with the death

of God, this refreshingly original book marks a new approach to appreciating the work of one

of the leading artists of the 20th century

Forthcoming 2013 Forthcoming 2013

julian trevelyan

picture language Philip Trevelyan

Includes 250 colour and 50 b&w illustrations April 2013, 208 pages, Hardback, 290 x 240 mm ISBN 978-1-84822-112-3, £40.00/ $80.00

Julian Trevelyan: Picture Language follows the trail

of a painter’s visual language and motivation Philip Trevelyan, Julian’s son, set out to discover more about his father’s life as an artist Like the

documentary filmmaker that he is, Philip takes us on a pictorial journey through Julian’s life

(1910–88), and presents here his personal view, offering insights from his researches and

first-hand knowledge of life in the studio at Durham Wharf in London

Joan Eardley (1922–63) is considered to be the most influential Scottish painter of her generation Her depiction of both the rural and urban sides

of Scotland is unique This is the first book to do justice to the range, scale and expressive power of her work

Julian Trevelyan, Low Tide,

Durham Wharf, 1950

Joan Eardley, Boy in a Blue Jersey,

1953

pop and beyond

ISBN 978-1-84822-015-7, £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9781848220157 Limited Edition Hardback

Since his emergence in the early 1960s as a key member of the Pop Art movement, Peter Blake (b.1932) has been one of the best-known

artists of his generation Peter Blake: one man show considers the artist’s

remarkable diversity, assessing his work across all media, from the 1950s

to the present Despite his forays into a range of more experimental media, Blake sees figurative painting as the core of his work, the trunk of

a tree whose branches include excursions into Pop Art, collage, sculpture, graphics and printmaking This book reflects the engagingly diverse and endlessly imaginative one-man show that constitutes the extraordinary and prolific work of Peter Blake

patrick caulfield

paintingsMarco Livingstone

Includes 190 colour and 20 b&w illustrations February 2007, 288 pages, Paperback,297 x 259 mm ISBN 978-0-85331-929-0, £25.00/ $50.00 http://www.lundhumphries.com/isbn/9780853319290

‘This is a beautiful book on a great artist Marco Livingstone has been writing with unfailing intelligence and perceptiveness on Caulfield’s work for many years, and with an ever-deepening understanding of its meanings Bringing together earlier texts with new essays, including

several on individual paintings, superbly illustrated and handsomely designed, this is the

monographic survey the artist has long deserved.’ The World of Interiors

Illustrating over 150 works, this book reproduces almost all the paintings made by Caulfield

since 1961 Patrick Caulfield: Paintings weaves together analytical and interpretative texts

published over the past quarter century by Marco Livingstone, the foremost authority on

Caulfield’s work, with new material on different phases of the artist’s career Individual key

paintings are awarded separate, in-depth attention The significant events in his life and

career are charted in a comprehensive chronology compiled by Richard Riley

Now available in paperback, this is the only major monograph to be published on the

paintings of Patrick Caulfield, whose work has enjoyed widespread popular appeal and

critical acclaim over the past four decades