Research Catalog

Title

John Craxton : a life of gifts / Ian Collins.

Author

Collins, Ian (Art critic)

Publication

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2021.

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Additional Authors

Craxton, John

Description

383 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 23 cm

Summary

Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but he called himself a "kind of Arcadian". His early art was influenced by Blake, Palmer, Miro, and Picasso. After achieving a dream of moving to Greece, his work evolved as a personal response to Byzantine mosaics, El Greco, and the art of Greek life. This book tells his adventurous story for the first time. At turns exciting, funny, and poignant, the saga is enlivened by Craxton's ebullient pictures. Ian Collins expands our understanding of the artist greatly-including an in-depth exploration of the storied, complicated friendship between Craxton and Lucian Freud, drawing on letters and memories that Craxton wanted to remain private until after his death.

Subject

• Craxton, John
• Painters > Great Britain > Biography
• Painters
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-374) and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- 1.Setting Off -- 2.Open House -- 3.Wood of St John -- 4.Harold and Essie -- 5.Nomad Child -- 6.A Life in Art -- 7.Wild Dorset -- 8.Beautiful Visits -- PART TWO -- 9.A Private War -- 10.Bang in the Blitz -- 11.Dreamer in Landscape -- 12.John and Lucian -- 13.Brothers in Arts -- 14.Exquisite Corpses -- 15.Welsh Arcadia -- 16.The Poet's Eye -- 17.Less than Liberation -- 18.The Great Escape -- PART THREE -- 19.Spring in Athens -- 20.Rites of Passage -- 21.Lucian Again -- 22.Voyages of Discovery -- 23.Ravisher of Eyes -- 24.On a Tightrope -- 25.Going Native -- 26.Daphnis and Chloe -- 27.Aegean Adventure -- 28.Bloody Blighty -- 29.I Spy Trouble -- 30.The Sea Change -- 31.Lotus Eating -- 32.New Muse -- 33.To the Lighthouse -- 34.Arresting Times -- 35.Phoenix Nests -- 36.Portent of Tragedy -- 37.Eclipse of Apollo -- 38.Into the Ravine -- 39.Athens of the North -- PART FOUR -- 40.A Time of Gifts -- 41.The Last of Lucian -- 42.Hull and Back -- 43.Painting Pleasure -- 44.King of Chania -- 45.Growing Young -- 46.Charmed Life.

Call Number

JQE 22-517

ISBN

• 0300255292
• 9780300255294

OCLC

1184237050

Author

Collins, Ian (Art critic), author.

Title

John Craxton : a life of gifts / Ian Collins.

Publisher

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-374) and index.

Added Author

Craxton, John

Research Call Number

JQE 22-517