Product Description

Edward Bawden's (1903-1989) artistic career spanned more than sixty years. During this time he was extraordinarily prolific and produced a considerable body of work, including book illustrations, advertising posters, murals (for ships, boardrooms, colleges and churches), fine paintings, tapestries, and wallpapers. Bawden was also responsible for the diverse artistic community which thrived in Great Bardfield in the 1950s. Malcolm Yorke's incisive biography of Bawden, written with the complete cooperation and support of Bawden's children and his artistic executor, follows Bawden's career in the context of the social and artistic friendships he cultivated, such as those with Douglas Percy Bliss and, in particular, Eric Ravilious. The book is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of material from Bawden's personal scrapbooks, allowing the reader an insight into Bawden's working methods and his final pieces. Copiously illustrated with material from every period of Bawden's working life, "Edward Bawden and His Circle" illustrates all aspects of his creative output, and that of his Great Bardfield contemporaries, in its great variety.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15066 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 264 pages

About the Author
Malcolm Yorke is a painter, wood carver and stone carver. Previous books include biographies of Keith Vaughan, Eric Gill, Mervyn Peake and Matthew Smith. Also available: 'Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious: Design' ISBN9781851495009 GBP12.50

Customer Reviews

Edward Bawden
This is a beautiful book, showing the work of Edward Bawden and his circle. It features work of all the really important illustrators and printed page artists of the 1940s and 50s, wonderful!

A wonderful book
This is one of the most interesting books about Bawden, Ravilious and their friends and associates that I have ever read. Beautifully illustrated, very well written it is an altogether absorbing and inspiring read and a book to return to and enjoy constantly. An outstanding work (in my opinion)