Edward Burra

Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Yet, as this fascinating new monograph on his work reveals, his interests were much broader, incorporating landscape and still-life paintings, stage designs, book illustration and watercolours. Somewhat neglected by histories of modern art because his singular vision was often at odd with the mainstream art world, his work is now due for a re-appraisal. Published to accompany a major exhibition of his paintings and drawings at Pallant House Gallery, this important book represents the first full-scale monograph on Edward Burra and reproduces 100 key paintings alongside drawings and a range of fascinating contextual material. It positions Burra as a major figure in the history of 20th-century art, placing his work alongside that of the German Expressionists and other important contemporaries and influences. Long awaited, this book will be widely welcomed by all those with an interest in the art of this fascinating maverick and documenter of modern life.

ISBN 1848220901   Pages 176 ISBN13 9781848220904 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1080 Publisher Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd   Published in London Imprint Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd   Height (mm) 270 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 228 Publication date 28 Nov 2011   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY 759.2   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC23

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Edward Burra: 1905-76, Jane Stevenson; Harlem and the Jazz Age: Social Paintings from the 1920s and 1930s; Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War; Designs for Stage and Book; The Late Landscape Paintings, Andrew Lambirth; Chronology; Public Collections; Exhibitions; Bibliography; Index.

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