A major artist of the twentieth century, John Piper (1903–92) was a pioneer of modern abstract art in Britain during the 1930s. Piper captured some of the most iconic moments of his time through his art, never letting himself be penned in by a single mode or method of expression. He painted the ruins of the Blitz in Coventry, London, and Bath; the beauty and loneliness of the summits and panoramas of Snowdonia; as well as quaint rural churches around Britain. He was also the designer of nine of the first productions of the operas and a ballet by Benjamin Britten, and a pioneer of lithography, screenprinting, and the use of color in ceramics. Finally, he was the designer of stained glass for the great cathedrals and churches of Coventry, Eton College, and Plymouth.
The first published survey of the whole of John Piper’s art throughout his long life, this volume offers a full account of his artistic ouevre with over three hundred beautiful images and supporting text written by two leading experts on Piper.
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Short-listed for Berger Prize 2017 for British Art History 2017.
| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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Chapter One Epsom 1903--1927 |
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Chapter Two Betchworth March 1927--June 1934 |
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Chapter Three Myfanwy Evans and AXIS June 1934--June 1937 |
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Chapter Four The Romantic Style July 1937--1941 |
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Chapter Five Neo-Romanticism 7947--45 |
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Chapter Six Wales and Britten 1945--53 |
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Chapter Seven Colours for Glass 1952--55 |
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Chapter Eight Landscapes in France and Italy 1955--63 |
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Chapter Nine The Marlborough Years · 1 1963--66 |
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Chapter Ten The Marlborough Years · 2 1967--82 |
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Chapter Eleven Retrospective Exhibitions, Last Landscapes and Flower Paintings 1983--92 |
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| Gazetteer A Selection of Public Commissions |
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| Notes |
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| A Selection of Books by and about John Piper |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Picture Credits |
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| General Index |
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| Works Index |
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David Fraser Jenkins has selected numerous exhibitions of John Piper's work, including the retrospective for the artist's eightieth birthday at the Tate (now Tate Britain) in 1983. He was a curator at the National Museum of Wales, where he first met the artist. He has written extensively about Piper's photographs, his paintings of the 1930s and 1940s, his paintings of Snowdonia and his work for the stage.Hugh Fowler-Wright began collecting and researching John Piper's art in 1993. This has led to him assisting with loans and catalogue entries for many exhibitions from Grey College, Durham in 1999 to the Portland Gallery in 2013. He has written about John Piper's diverse and extensive creativity in Piper in Print (2010) and Creative Partnerships (2011).
