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1	Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affections more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist "The best of these Darwins is that they are cut out of rock - three taps is enough to convince one how immense is their solidarity." So wrote Virginia Woolf affectionately of Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. In this biography, France Spalding creates a moving portrait of Gwen's character, her life and her art. It begins in late ... see all copies from $16.82! new only from $16.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Duncan Grant more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist This is a biography of the well-known British painter, Duncan Grant. He was a central member of Bloomsbury, but he also extended far beyond it, into every level of English society. Spalding sheds light on his love affairs with Lytton Strachey and Maynard Keynes, and on his tempestuous relationship with Vanessa Bell, with whom he lived at ... see all copies from $24.95!
3	Stevie Smith: A Biography more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Stevie Smith is best known for "Not Waving But Drowning", one of the English speaking world's favourite poems. Born in Hull as Florence Margaret Smith, her family moved to Palmers Green in 1905, and she lived there until her death on 7 March 1971. After her death, a film starring Glenda Jackson and a play were written about her life, bringing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
4	The Bloomsbury Group more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at the Bloomsbury Group. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions
5	Roger Fry, art and life more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist see all copies from $3.42! new only from $27.88! \| first editions
6	Whistler more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Whistler: Colour Library more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was one of the most original artists of the late 19th-century. Flamboyant dandy and ebullient publicist, friend of Oscar Wilde, Whistler was also a meticulous craftsman dedicated to the perfection of his art. He was born in the United States but travelled to Paris to study painting. Under the influence of Courbet ... see all copies from $2.90! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Tate: A Centenary History more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist The Tate Gallery opened in 1897 and came into being as a result of growing recognition of an urgent need for a national gallery of British art. In 1889 the initiative was taken by Henry Tate, a collector of British art whose fortune was made from refining sugar. Tate offered the nation his collection and a building to house it. After much debate ... see all copies from $3.97! new only from $35.49!
9	Stevie Smith: A Critical Biography more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Reveals and explores the intimate relationship between the course of Stevie Smith's life and the evolution of her art. The author reveals that far from being reclusive, Stevie Smith was actively involved in the social as well as the intellectual life of literary London from the early thirties. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $119.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Magnificent Dreams: Burne-Jones and the Late Victorians more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist see all copies from $2.50! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
11	John Minton: Dance Till the Stars Come Down more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist John Minton (1917-57) was an artist, a Bohemian and, in his own lifetime, a myth. During the 1940s and early 1950s he become a central figure within Soho, an intimate friend of, among many others, Michael Ayrton, Robert Colquhoun, Lucian Freud and the poet W.S. Graham. He enjoyed early success as a painter and was associated in the 1940s with ... see all copies from $52.22! new only from $62.16! \| first editions
12	Paper darts more books like this by Virginia Woolf add to wishlist Virginia Woolf often wrote as many as six letters a day. This collection is illustrated with contemporary photographs and paintings - many of them by members of the Bloomsbury Group, such as Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant - and aims to evoke the literary and artistic life of the day. The letters - at times witty and ... see all copies from $2.33! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
13	John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach more books like this by David Fraser Jenkins, Frances Spalding, Mr. Desmond Shawe-Taylor (Foreword by) add to wishlist John Piper was one of the leading modernist artists of the twentieth century whose work was not only at the forefront of artistic developments but also appealed very directly to a wide public. Marking the centenary of Piper's birth in 1903, this book dramatically uncovers the various shifts in his early career while working largely on the south ... see all copies from $37.50! new only from $41.50! \| first editions
14	Vanessa Bell more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Vanessa Bell was a central figure within the Bloomsbury Group and lent to it a stability and coherence it might otherwise have lacked. A talented artist, she held sway with her acuity, integrity and a sense of humour. Yet she remained inscrutable, glimpses of her life only appearing through her sister, Virginia Woolf. In this authorised biography, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| first editions \| SVS
15	20th century painters and sculptors more books like this by Frances Spalding, Spalding & Collins add to wishlist "20th Century Painters and Sculptors" encompasses not only the most complex but the most colourful period in the development of British Art. From the tidy subject groupings of the 19th century (genre scenes, child studies, historical, landscape etc.) the modern artist has explored the most abstract and intense expressions of his art. Schools of ... see all copies from $73.34!
16	Whistler: Color Library more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was one of the most original artists of the late 19th-century. Flamboyant dandy and ebullient publicist, friend of Oscar Wilde, Whistler was also a meticulous craftsman dedicated to the perfection of his art. He was born in the United States but travelled to Paris to study painting. Under the influence of Courbet ... see all copies from $4.95! SVS
17	Dance Till the Stars Come Down: A Biography of John Minton more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist John Minton was an artist, a Bohemian and, in his own lifetime, a myth: "the embodiment and symbol", according to one of his contemporaries, "of a particular decade of London life and London painting". During the 1940s and early 1950s he became a well-known figure in Soho, and an intimate friend of, among many others, Michael Ayrton, Robert ... see all copies from $42.62! first editions
18 view cover	British Art Since 1900 more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Traces the development of British art and examines the careers of influential artists such as John Singer Sargent, Vanessa Bell, and David Hockney. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	Mrs. Copeland's Guest Book by Frances Spalding Copeland add to wishlist see all copies from $15.03! new only from $15.03! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Peter Coker RA: New Work 2002 by Frances Spalding (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $26.01! new only from $26.01!
21 view cover	John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist This book is about a shared journey made by John and Myfanwy Piper who early on settled down in a small hamlet on the edge of the Chilterns, whence they proceeded to produce work which placed them centre stage in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. Here, too, they fed and entertained many visitors, among them Kenneth Clark, John ... see all copies from $35.97! new only from $35.97!
22	William Townsend Landscape Paintings 1930-1950 by William Townsend, Essay By Frances Spalding add to wishlist see all copies from $21.45! new only from $29.80!

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