Helen Saunders : modernist rebel / edited by Rachel Sloan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sloan, Rachel, editor.

Courtauld Institute Galleries, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saunders, Helen, 1885-1963--Exhibitions.

Saunders, Helen.

Saunders, Helen, 1885-1963.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Manufacture:

London : Paul Hoberton Publishing

Place of Publication:

London : The Courtauld, [2022]

Summary:

One of the first British artists to pursue abstraction, Saunders was one of only two women to join the Vorticists, the radical but short-lived art movement that emerged in London on the eve of the First World War. Her extraordinary drawings capture both the dynamism of modern urban life and the horrors of mechanised warfare. Following the war, she turned her back on Vorticism and pursued her own path, working in a more figurative style. Due in part to the loss of a significant portion of her oeuvre, including all of her Vorticist oil paintings, this remarkable artist fell into obscurity. Only in recent years has her work begun to be rediscovered and celebrated as an important piece of the story of British modernism.00Exhibition: The Courtauld Gallery, London, UK (13.10.2022 - 01.2023).

Notes:

First published to accompany the exhibition Helen Saunders Modernist Rebel, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14 October 2022 - 29 January 2023.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-94).

ISBN:

9781913645311

1913645312

OCLC:

1304397585