284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Contents:
Beginnings 1876-1892 -- National art training school 1893-1898 -- Royal academy schools 1899 -- Upper schools 1900-1904 -- The genius of Edwin Abbey 1904-1905 -- Signs of expulsion and emigration 1906-1907 -- All-powerful 'summer exhibition' 1907-1911 -- Eve Simmonds 1910-1912 -- Secret war work 1914-1915 -- Scultping becomes the consuming passion 1915-1916 -- War work for De Havilland 1917-1918 -- When the fighting stops 1918 -- Call of the Cotswolds 1918-1919 -- New theatre director for Oakridge 1919-1921 -- Annus mirabilis 1921 -- Second Annus mirabilis 1922 -- Professors on the road 1922-1923 -- Puppets claim centre stage 1923-1925 -- Wilkinsons, Simmondses, D.H. Lawrence 1926 -- Enter Violet Gordon Woodhouse 1927-1929 -- William, Violet and Rothenstein 1929-1933 -- Detmar blow destroyed 1934-1939 -- Initial years of the second World War 1939-1941 -- Latter years of the second World War 1941-1945 -- William's final years 1945-1968.
Subject Terms:
Simmonds, W. G. (William George), 1876-1968. | Simmonds, W. G. (William George), 1876-1968. | Arts and crafts movement -- Great Britain. | Modernism (Art) -- Great Britain. | Arts and crafts movement. | Modernism (Art) | Great Britain.
Contributors:
Simmonds, W. G. (William George), 1876-1968. Works. Selections.