Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts:
Its Students & Teachers, 1943-1960
ISBN 1 81549 180 5
Camberwell
School of Arts & Crafts:
Its Students & Teachers, 1943-1960
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Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts: Its Students & Teachers, 1943-1960 ISBN 1 81549 180 5 |
The work of the artists belonging to the Camden Town School and Euston Road Group is well recorded but until now, no work of substance on the many hundreds of teachers and students who flocked to Camberwell during the post-war years has been published. With the publication of this book, Geoff Hassell has produced a valuable record of a unique period in British art. Victor Pasmore, William Coldstream and John Minton were among the charismatic teachers who attracted so many talented students, including mature ex-servicemen, to study at Camberwell. Many of the painters to emerge from this fertile period have since become household names, such as Terry Frost, Anthony Eyton and Euan Uglow. Many have yet to be discovered and their work, painterly and decorative, characteristic and wholly redolent of the time and place, is a credit to the scope and range of the influences exerted by the School.This book provides an essential and indispensable point of reference for all collectors of 20th century British art. As well as a brief history of the School and a dictionary section, containing biographical details of over 300 pupils and teachers of the period, 'Memories of Camberwell', a selection of students' reminiscences, emphasises their enthusiasm and inspiration.The Life Class was an important part of the curriculum and Quentin Crisp, a former life model at Camberwell and other art schools, provides an amusing essay from the model's viewpoint.The distinctive Camberwell style is illustrated on 64 colour pages and in numerous black and white illustrations, many hitherto unpublished. Contemporary photographs of the students and teachers at work and leisure bring to life the very special atmosphere which made Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts 'the only place to be'. |
The book is available from all major bookshops in the UK or from the publishers The Antique Collectors' Club, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1DS U.K. Tel: +44 (0)1394 385501 or Fax: +44 (0)1394 384434.
If you have any information about teachers and /or students who attended the school during the years 1943-1960 then please let me know. There may be a second edition at some time in the future and I will certainly include any material if I have it to hand.
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Geoff
Hassell
Manor House Gallery
Cheltenham, GL50 3AY
England
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Last updated July 2001