Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator [Hardcover]

Exploring the ways in which painting, applied design and illustration intertwined over the course of the accomplished career of Paul Nash (1889-1946), this book provides a new perspective on one of the most gifted and celebrated English artists of the twentieth century.

Skilfully navigating the diversity of Nashs design output, which drew in illustration, book jackets, posters, set design, pattern papers, fabrics, glass, ceramics and photography, in the context of Nashs painting and wider pre-occupations, James King presents an artist who strove to resolve his artistic vision. With Nash's work informed by seismic shifts within the visual arts during his lifetime  from the influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement on the one hand, to Surrealism and Abstraction on the other  this fascinating book reveals the considerable gifts that allowed Nash to create a wholly original vision in turn.

Exploring the ways in which painting, applied design and illustration intertwined over the course of the accomplished career of Paul Nash (1889-1946), this book provides a new perspective on one of the most gifted and celebrated English artists of the twentieth century.James Kingis a Professor of English at McMaster University, Canada. A prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, previous books includeInterior Landscapes: A Life of Paul Nash,The Last Modern: A Life of Herbert ReadandRoland Penrose: The Life of a Surrealist.Offers a fresh interpretation of Paul Nash's career through the lens of his design and illustration workAcknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Artist as Acrobat; Chapter 2: Meeting Places; Chapter 3: The Artist Outside the Theatre; Chapter 4: An Artist Turned Loose; Chapter 5: 'Vast Primitive Things'; Chapter 6: Marketing Modernism; Chapter 7: A New Eye; Chapter 8: Fine and Applied Art; Notes; Bibliography; Index