Farrell, Jennifer
Modern Times: British Prints, 1913-1939
- ISBN 13:
- 9781588397393
- author:
- Farrell, Jennifer
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 26 x 23.4 x 2.6 centimetres (0.6
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The bold graphic images made by artists affiliated with Vorticism, British Futurism, and the Grosvenor School of Modern Art capture the optimism and anxiety of early twentieth-century Britain. This volume features rare British prints from the Leslie and Johanna Garfield collection, dating between 1913 and 1939. During a period marked by two world wars, global pandemic, the Great Depression, and the rise of Fascism and Communism, artists turned to printmaking as a way to alleviate trauma, memorialize their wartime experiences, and capture the aspirations and fears of the twenties and thirties. The colourful linocuts made by artists associated with London's Grosvenor School are at the heart of this catalogue. The visually striking compositions by Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, Cyril E. Power, and Lill Tschudi, among others, convey the vitality of quotidian life during the machine age.
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