Surrealism in Britain - Softcover

Michael Remy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853318255 ISBN 13: 9780853318255

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Since 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. Michel Remy has conducted personal interviews with many of the artists involved and the book includes an examination of the work of, among others, Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Eileen Agar, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, David Gascoyne, Grace Pailthorpe and Reuben Mednikoff, Roland Penrose, F. E. McWilliam, Conroy Maddox, Emmy Bridgwater, Edith Rimmington, Desmond Morris, Lee Miller, Julian Trevelyan and John Tunnard. Poetry, prose, painting, sculpture, photography and artists' texts all have their place in this fascinating and attractive book. Michel Remy is Professor of English Literature and Art History at the University of Nice and the leading authority on British Surrealism.

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Michel Remy is Professor of English Literature and Art History at the University of Nice, France, and the leading authority on British Surrealism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853318255
• ISBN 13: 9780853318255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404