Family, Friendships, Landscapes

Name: Family, Friendships, Landscapes
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781910258194
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By Hugh Cecil and Mirabel Cecil

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Family, Friendships, Landscapes explores the life and art of Rex Whistler (1905-1944), a remarkable interwar artist known for his portraits, murals, and versatile design work. From his early student mural at Tate Britain to his celebrated works at Plas Newydd, this book delves into the family ties, friendships, and evocative landscapes of Wessex and Italy that inspired his creative genius. It also recounts his wartime service and ultimate sacrifice as a tank commander in Normandy.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in British art history, especially fans of mural painting, theatrical design, and interwar cultural figures. It is also suited for those drawn to biographical studies of artists who combined creative brilliance with wartime heroism.

Celebrates the artist Rex Whistler, portrait painter, designer, illustrator and the outstanding mural painter of the interwar years.

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Rex Whistler (1905-1944) was one of the most intriguing artists of the interwar years. His work encompassed all areas of art and design, from set design for opera, ballet and the West End theatre to book illustration. He painted moving and memorable portraits, of people and of their houses. And he was the outstanding mural painter of his day.

As a 20-year-old student at the Slade School, he painted a mural which can still be seen on the walls of the restaurant at Tate Britain. Later murals are to be seen at Port Lympne in Kent, Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire, Dorneywood in Buckinghamshire and—his masterpiece—Plas Newydd on Anglesey.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, he volunteered to serve in the army. He became a dedicated tank commander in the Guards Armoured Division. He was killed in Normandy on 18 July 1944.

Family, Friendships, Landscapes describes the sources of inspiration Rex Whistler drew on for his work, including his family, his many friendships and the landscapes of his beloved 'Wessex' and Italy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781910258194

Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 April 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 88

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Arts & Culture Hugh Cecil Mirabel Cecil Non-Fiction

About the Author

Books by Hugh Cecil include The Flower of Battle: How Britain Won the Great War (Steerforth, 1996). Mirabel Cecil is author of A Kind of Prospero (Walker, 1996) and, with David Mlinaric, Mlinaric On Decorating (Frances Lincoln, 2008). Together Hugh and Mirabel have written Clever Hearts: a Life of Desmond and Molly MacCarthy (Gollancz, 1990), which won both the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award, Imperial Marriage (History Press, 2005) and, most recently, In Search of Rex Whistler: His Life and His Work (Frances Lincoln, 2012).