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The sculpture of Gertrude Hermes
- Title
- The sculpture of Gertrude Hermes / Jane Hill.
- Author
- Hill, Jane, 1944-
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries ; Much Hadham, Hertfordshire : In association with the Henry Moore Foundation, 2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 12-322 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 152 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- "A graduate of Leon Underwood's Brook Green School of Art in London, Gertrude Hermes (1901-83) trained as a painter and sculptor. Hermes and her husband, Blair Hughes-Stanton, who she met at Brook Green, went on to become leading lights in the early twentieth-century's wood-engraving revival. Although their marriage was short-lived, their exuberant visual inventions for Bunyan;s 'The Pilgrim's Progress' and T.E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' Brought them critical acclaim. Much has been written about Hermes' career as a wood engraver. In contrast, her contribution as a sculptor has been somewhat eclipsed--until now. 'The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes' presents for the first time a full analysis of the artist's entire sculptural oeuvre. Along with a comprehensive catalogue of Hermes' sculpture, Jane Hill provides a full account of the artist's life in the context of her career as a sculptor. What results is a picture of a pioneering spirit who created busts and heads, functional designs, decorative work and reliefs that are dynamic and unpredictable. Featuring over 140 images, 'The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes' is a groundbreaking study of an artist so long associated with one art form. This book redresses the imbalance and creates a new and fresh perspective on an important female artist of the twentieth century."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- [British sculptors and sculpture series]
- Uniform Title
- British sculptors and sculpture series.
- Subject
- Note
- Series statement on jkt.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
- Contents
- Paper scissors stone. Milieus and group practices -- Themes and materials -- Modern English ornament. Artist designers of the every-day things of life -- The artisit craftworker -- Worlds within worlds. The human clay -- Art educators and progressive thinkers -- Cheer to the echo. The harvest of a quiet eye.
- Call Number
- JQF 12-322
- ISBN
- 0853318654 (hbk.)
- 9780853318651 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 56648477
- Author
- Hill, Jane, 1944-
- Title
- The sculpture of Gertrude Hermes / Jane Hill.
- Imprint
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries ; Much Hadham, Hertfordshire : In association with the Henry Moore Foundation, 2011.
- Series
- [British sculptors and sculpture series]British sculptors and sculpture series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
- Added Author
- Hermes, Gertrude.Henry Moore Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 12-322