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Description
This title presents the Eric Kennington's powerful, poignant and unforgettable portraits of soldiers of the Second World War in charcoal and pastel.
The work he produced in this period established Kennington as 'among the most capable draughtsmen' of the day. He was frequently mentioned by leading art critics as equal in skill to contemporaries such as Augustus John, William Orpen and John Singer Sergeant. Kennington's work was routinely placed in the same class as such giants from the past as Botticelli, Van Eyck, Durer, Hans Holbein the Younger, Cranach, Ingres and Goya. The incisive, crystalline quality of his draughtsmanship was especially admired, the variety of effects he could achieve with the subtlest change in pressure on a stick of charcoal or pastel.
This book brings together a fine selection of Kennington's war portraits, along with accounts of his sitters' dramatic careers and the context of these works.
Table of Contents
Chapter One - Return of an Old Stager: With the High Command and the Royal Navy, November 1939-May 1940
Chapter Two - With The Intrepid Aviators During the Battle of Britain, August-December 1940
Chapter Three - Into the Boxing Ring: Learning the RAF in 1941
Chapter Four - Fighting Spirit: With the Tanks and the RAF, 1941-42
Chapter Five - Becoming a Pirate: With the Infantry and the Home Guard, 1942-43
Chapter Six - Brave People in a People's War: Later War Works, 1944-45
Coda - 'A Piece of Grit in The Works': Post-War, 1945-60
Product details
| Published | 30 Jun 2011 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 168 |
| ISBN | 9780856677052 |
| Imprint | Philip Wilson Publishers |
| Illustrations | 70 colour & 55 black & white illustrations |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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