The Artist Helen Coombe (1864–1937)
the tragedy of roger fry's wife
$109.52
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2023
Summary
Helen Coombe: Artist, Wife, and Prisoner of Sanity
This fascinating book presents the first biography of Helen Coombe, a woman admired not only for her artistic skill, but also for her intellect, personality, and wit. It reveals her family background and education, her place in the Arts and Crafts Movement, and her outstanding artistic output.
Helen Coombe was married to Roger Fry, an artist who achieved fame as an art critic, historian, and protagonist of the Bloomsbury Gro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913645533 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913645533 |
| Author: | Martin Ferguson Smith |
| Publisher: | Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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“How thrilled students of art and literature, as well as aficionados of all matters Bloomsbury, should be… Brilliantly illuminating and deeply moving, The Artist Helen Coombe is a biographical treasure.”– “English Studies”
About The Author
Martin Ferguson Smith
Martin Ferguson Smith, OBE, MA, MLitt, LittD, FSA, FRGS, FRHistS is Emeritus Professor of Classics at Durham University. His books include Dearest Jean: Rose Macaulay’s Letters to a Cousin (2011, 2017) and In and out of Bloomsbury: Biographical Essays on Twentieth-Century Writers and Artists (2021, 2023). As a classicist he is best known for his work on Lucretius and his discovery of thousands of words of the philosophical inscription set up by the Epicurean Diogenes at Oinoanda in southern Turkey around AD 130. He lives in contented isolation on the island of Foula in Shetland.
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