Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings

Russell, James

ISBN 10: 0955277744 / ISBN 13: 9780955277740

Verlag: The Mainstone Press, 2010

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Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings' celebrates and commemorates the wartime career of Eric Ravilious (1939-42), who died on active service in Iceland at the age of thirty-nine. As an Official War Artist, Ravilious visited ports, naval bases and airfields around Britain, witnessed the Allied invasion and retreat from Norway and produced watercolours and lithographs of subjects ranging from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in action to the interior of a mobile pigeon loft. This remarkable body of work blends defiance with exhilaration and insists that there is a place for beauty in the darkest times. `Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings', features twenty-two of these fascinating images, each accompanied by a short essay in which author James Russell explores the historical context of the work. Drawing on the artist's correspondence and other contemporary sources, these essays offer an unusual, intriguing vision of life during the early years of the war.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings
Verlag: The Mainstone Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good