Edward Burra
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Edward Burra was one of the most singular and compelling figures in twentieth-century British art — a reclusive, physically frail man who produced work of startling vitality, sardonic wit, and visionary darkness. This authoritative monograph by Sir John Rothenstein, former Director of the Tate Gallery, chronicles the life and artistic output of Burra with the intimacy of a man who knew the artist personally, presenting a richly detailed portrait of a painter who defied categorisation: too surreal for the realists, too grounded for the Surrealists, and always entirely himself. Rothenstein illuminates Burra's singular obsessions — the seedy glamour of jazz-age Harlem, the menace of wartime allegory, the carnivalesque grotesque of his watercolours — arguing persuasively for his place among the great overlooked masters of British Modernism. Written with elegance and critical rigour, the text situates Burra within the broader currents of European avant-garde culture while insisting on his irreducible Englishness. For anyone drawn to the stranger corners of art history, this volume raises a persistent and tantalising question: how did such an extraordinary talent remain so long in the shadows?
Author: John Rothenstein
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Tate Gallery
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - softcover/wraps in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Faded spine.
Edward Burra was one of the most singular and compelling figures in twentieth-century British art — a reclusive, physically frail man who produced work of startling vitality, sardonic wit, and visionary darkness. This authoritative monograph by Sir John Rothenstein, former Director of the Tate Gallery, chronicles the life and artistic output of Burra with the intimacy of a man who knew the artist personally, presenting a richly detailed portrait of a painter who defied categorisation: too surreal for the realists, too grounded for the Surrealists, and always entirely himself. Rothenstein illuminates Burra's singular obsessions — the seedy glamour of jazz-age Harlem, the menace of wartime allegory, the carnivalesque grotesque of his watercolours — arguing persuasively for his place among the great overlooked masters of British Modernism. Written with elegance and critical rigour, the text situates Burra within the broader currents of European avant-garde culture while insisting on his irreducible Englishness. For anyone drawn to the stranger corners of art history, this volume raises a persistent and tantalising question: how did such an extraordinary talent remain so long in the shadows?