William Turnbull (b. 1922), painter and sculptor, stands as one of Britain's most influential artists today. Here, for the first time, an in-depth historical account of his sculpture and a complete catalogue of his sculptural works are presented in one volume. more akin with the modernist art that thrived in Paris than with the English Neo-Romanticism promoted at the Slade in the late 1940s. Accordingly, he moved to the French capital in 1948, returning to London in 1950; his imagination fired by the work he encountered in ...
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William Turnbull (b. 1922), painter and sculptor, stands as one of Britain's most influential artists today. Here, for the first time, an in-depth historical account of his sculpture and a complete catalogue of his sculptural works are presented in one volume. more akin with the modernist art that thrived in Paris than with the English Neo-Romanticism promoted at the Slade in the late 1940s. Accordingly, he moved to the French capital in 1948, returning to London in 1950; his imagination fired by the work he encountered in Europe. contemporary trends but has always lent a unique approach to his preoccupation with modernism. This individualism has manifested itself in a wealth of challenging and varied work - including his visionary archetypal 'Masks', 'Heads' and 'Idols' and his 'Totem' sculptures - all of which are recorded in Amanda Davidson's fascinating narrative and thoroughly researched catalogue.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); 3.0 lbs; Sculpture photo to dust jacket with title in orange lettering; 2005, Lund Humphries Publishing; 208 pages; "The Sculpture Of William Turnbull (The British Sculptors and Sculpture Series) (The British Sculptors and Sculpture Series), " by Amanda A. Davidson.
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Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; This book is brand new and still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap; Corners are slightly "bumped" through the plastic; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); 3.0 lbs; Sculpture photo to dust jacket with title in orange lettering; 2005, Lund Humphries Publishing; 208 pages; "The Sculpture Of William Turnbull (The British Sculptors and Sculpture Series) (The British Sculptors and Sculpture Series), " by Amanda A. Davidson.