From Sickert to Gertler
Modern British Art from Boxted House
Alice Strang(Author)
National Galleries of Scotland (Publisher)
Published on 15. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-906270-05-6 (ISBN)
Description
Boxted House in Boxted, Essex was the home of Bobby and Natalie Bevan from 1947 until 1974. Bobby (1901-1974) was the son of artists Robert Bevan (1865-1925) and Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876-1952) and was Chairman of the advertising agency S. H. Benson Ltd. Natalie Denny (b.1909), a renowned beauty and hostess, modelled for artists including Mark Gertler and Christopher Nevinson. Bobby and Natalie married in 1947. Together they created an exceptional home at Boxted where works by family and friends, such as Walter Sickert, Harold Gilman and Charles Ginner filled the walls and where artist friends, including many associated with East Anglia such as John Nash, Cedric Morris and Lett Haines, gathered. This book celebrates the colourful character of Boxted House, its hosts, its guests and their artistic creations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
75 Col
Dimensions
Height: 265 mm
Width: 245 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-906270-05-6 (9781906270056)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Alice Strang is a Senior Curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. She specialises in modern British art and has curated exhibitions and contributed to accompanying publications including Winifred Nicholson in Scotland (2003) and Advertising and the Artist: The Work and Collection of Ashley Havinden (2004).