Victor Pasmore

Victor Pasmore

Towards a New Reality

By Anne Goodchild With Alastair Grieve and Elena Crippa

£49.99

Publication Date: 6th October 2016


  • Focusses on the most memorable period in Pasmore's artistic trajectory and includes a re-evaluation of the part played by his figurative art in the overall narrative of his career 

Focussing on the period from 1930 to 1960, this fascinating publication considers the transition of Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) from one of Britain's leading figurative painters to one of its foremost exponents of abstract art.

From Pasmore's own writings and those of his contemporaries, a fascinating picture emerges of the years in the late 1940s and early 1950s when lyrical landscapes – incorporating increasingly suggestive formal structures - were suddenly superseded by abstract paintings and collages, and then by constructed reliefs.

Seeking to explore these decades and la... Read More
Format: Hardcover
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  • Focusses on the most memorable period in Pasmore's artistic trajectory and includes a re-evaluation of the part played by his figurative art in the overall narrative of his career 

Focussing on the period from 1930 to 1960, this fascinating publication considers the transition of Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) from one of Britain's leading figurative painters to one of its foremost exponents of abstract art.

From Pasmore's own writings and those of his contemporaries, a fascinating picture emerges of the years in the late 1940s and early 1950s when lyrical landscapes – incorporating increasingly suggestive formal structures - were suddenly superseded by abstract paintings and collages, and then by constructed reliefs.

Seeking to explore these decades and la... Read More
Description
Focussing on the period from 1930 to 1960, this fascinating publication considers the transition of Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) from one of Britain's leading figurative painters to one of its foremost exponents of abstract art.

From Pasmore's own writings and those of his contemporaries, a fascinating picture emerges of the years in the late 1940s and early 1950s when lyrical landscapes – incorporating increasingly suggestive formal structures - were suddenly superseded by abstract paintings and collages, and then by constructed reliefs.

Seeking to explore these decades and later years, the book's visual narrative traces a path from the artist's earliest canvases through to his engagement in the 1960s with the controversial Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee, County Durham. This important publication will renew interest in an important period in British art history and shed new light on a crucial stage in Pasmore's long career.
Details
  • Pages: 120
  • Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
  • Publication Date: 6th October 2016
  • Trim Size: 22.8 x 27 cm
  • Illustration Note: Includes 80 colour and 20 b&w illustrations
  • ISBN: 9781848222083
Author Bio
Anne Goodchild is a curator and writer and was formerly the Senior Curator with Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust. Elena Crippa is Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, at Tate. Previously, she worked as part of the Tate Research project Art School Educated: Curriculum Development and Institutional Change in UK Art Schools, 1960-2010. Alastair Grieve is an art historian, previously at the University of East Anglia. He curated the Arts Council Touring Exhibition Victor Pasmore in 1980 and Anthony Hill's Retrospective Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1983. He is the author of Constructed Abstract Art in England after the Second World War (2005) and The Sculpture of Robert Adams (1992).
Table of Contents
Curator’s Note, Anne Goodchild; Foreword, Neil Walker; 1. The Early Years, Anne Goodchild; 2. Pasmore’s Constructed Abstract Art, 1948–66, Alastair Grieve; 3. The Environmental Work of Victor Pasmore: Playing against Architecture, Elena Crippa; Notes; Chronology; Select Exhibitions; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Image Credits; Index
Focussing on the period from 1930 to 1960, this fascinating publication considers the transition of Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) from one of Britain's leading figurative painters to one of its foremost exponents of abstract art.

From Pasmore's own writings and those of his contemporaries, a fascinating picture emerges of the years in the late 1940s and early 1950s when lyrical landscapes – incorporating increasingly suggestive formal structures - were suddenly superseded by abstract paintings and collages, and then by constructed reliefs.

Seeking to explore these decades and later years, the book's visual narrative traces a path from the artist's earliest canvases through to his engagement in the 1960s with the controversial Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee, County Durham. This important publication will renew interest in an important period in British art history and shed new light on a crucial stage in Pasmore's long career.
  • Pages: 120
  • Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
  • Publication Date: 6th October 2016
  • Trim Size: 22.8 x 27 cm
  • Illustrations Note: Includes 80 colour and 20 b&w illustrations
  • ISBN: 9781848222083
Anne Goodchild is a curator and writer and was formerly the Senior Curator with Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust. Elena Crippa is Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art, at Tate. Previously, she worked as part of the Tate Research project Art School Educated: Curriculum Development and Institutional Change in UK Art Schools, 1960-2010. Alastair Grieve is an art historian, previously at the University of East Anglia. He curated the Arts Council Touring Exhibition Victor Pasmore in 1980 and Anthony Hill's Retrospective Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1983. He is the author of Constructed Abstract Art in England after the Second World War (2005) and The Sculpture of Robert Adams (1992).
Curator’s Note, Anne Goodchild; Foreword, Neil Walker; 1. The Early Years, Anne Goodchild; 2. Pasmore’s Constructed Abstract Art, 1948–66, Alastair Grieve; 3. The Environmental Work of Victor Pasmore: Playing against Architecture, Elena Crippa; Notes; Chronology; Select Exhibitions; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Image Credits; Index

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