Drawing in the Dark
Henry Moore's Coalmining Commission
$116.00
- Hardcover
168 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
In contrast to Henry Moore’s well-known drawings depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz, little has been written about how this son of a Yorkshire coalminer tackled his second commission from the War Artists’ Advisory Committee in 1941; drawing men in ‘Britain’s underground army’, the miners of Wheldale colliery.
Redressing this imbalance, Chris Owen’s comprehensive account of the coalmining drawings explores every aspect of the commission - from Moore’s return to his childhood…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848226036 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848226039 |
| Author: | Chris Owen |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 932g |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 190mm |
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About The Author
Chris Owen
Chris Owen studied History of Art at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and taught in the Cambridge University History of Art Department, before embarking on a career lecturing in further and higher education. After a number of academic posts, he joined Anglia Ruskin University as Head of the Cambridge School of Art in 2011. Since 2019, he has focussed on research into the history of twentieth-century British art.
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