Painting the Warmth of the Sun

By 1918, St Ives had a long tradition as an artists' community. It took as its standard the Royal Academy, which retained great popular appeal, but was neither forward-looking nor progressive. In 1920, it became the permanent home of one of the great innovators of the twentieth century, the potter Bernard Leach. At the outbreak of the Second World War it provided shelter for a small group of the most progressive painters and sculptors, including notably Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, already leaders in the advanced art movements of the 1930s, and committed to the principle of abstraction. In the 1940s and 1950s a remarkable group of younger artists came together in and around St Ives, making it a centre of avant-garde art activity. This book is concerned with those artistic events, especially during the years 1939-75, and the larger circumstances in the world of art by which they were affected, or which were affected by them. It describes the singular contribution of 'St Ives' to the art of our time.

ISBN 0718829425   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780718829421 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 658 Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd   Published in Cambridge Imprint Lutterworth Press   Previous ISBN 9781898386186 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 247 Publication date 17 Nov 1995   Width (mm) 185 DEWEY 759.2   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly Pages 208

Preface Introduction. Early times 1. Nicholson, Wood and Wallis 2. Traditional and modern: St Ives and London 3. Wartime in St Ives 4. Artists gather in St Ives 5. The Crypt Group and the Penwith Society: the Festival of Britain in London and St Ives 6. Post-war Britain; Nicholson's growing reputation 7. Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leach and Denis Mitchell 8. Peter Lanyon 9. The development of abstraction: Terry Frost 10. International influences: Paris and New York. Patrick Heron 11. Bryan Wynter, Alan Davie and Paul Feiler 12. St Ives in the 1950s 13. Roger Hilton 14. The importance of St Ives Notes and references Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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