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Cargando... Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affectionspor Frances Spalding
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"A granddaughter of Charles Darwin, Gwen Raverat was born into one of the leading intellectual families of late nineteenth century England. She was a talented wood-engraver and illustrator who studied at the Slade School of Art where she met the painter Stanley Spencer and married his friend Jacques Raverat. (Raverat was later to die tragically young from multiple sclerosis.) She was a close friend of such figures as Rupert Brooke, Andre Gide, and members of the Bloomsbury set, especially Virginia woolf. A larger than life character with a complete lack of vanity, she charmed all who knew her. Her much-loved book Period Piece- A Cambridge Childhood has remained in print for nearly fifty years. In this authorised account of a life rich in creativity and friendship, Frances Spalding has drawn on a mass of unpublished family papers to create a fascinating portrait of Gwen Raverat. " No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Another pick from the bags - they did well in not tempting me with TOO much. Gwen Raverat is mainly known for her wood-engravings, including those to The Runaway, recently republished by Persephone. But she was also a Darwin, cousin of Frances Cornford and wife of Jacques Raverat the painter.
Gwen has appeared on the edges of other works about Rupert Brooke and the Neo-Pagans, the Bloomsburies and other 20th century figures, so it was good to find out all about her. As the subtitle suggests, there is a nice lot of detail about the people around her as well as Gwen herself. Meticulously researched and referenced, it doesn't "take off" in the way a Holroyd bio does, but it's workmanlike and efficient, like Gwen herself, and makes a good attempt at looking at how a female artist reconciles family and artistic life.
A good addition to my collection and lavishly illustrated. (