Summary
Rex Whistler (1905-1944) was one of the most intriguing artists of the interwar years. His work encompassed all areas of art and design, from set design for opera, ballet and the West End theatre to book illustration. He painted moving and memorable portraits, of people and of their houses. And he was the outstanding mural painter of his day. As a 20-year old student at the Slade School he pained a mural which an still be seen on the walls of the restaurant at Tate Britain. Later murals are to be seen at Port Lympne in Kent, Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire, Dorneywood in Buckinghamshire and - his masterpiece, Plas Newydd on Anglesey. At the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered to serve in the army. He became a dedicated tank commander in the Guards Armoured Division. He was killed in Normandy on 18 July 1944. Love and War tells the story of the years immediately before Rex Whistler’s tragic early death in battle in the Second World War.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781910258019 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1910258016 |
| Author: | Hugh And Mirabel Cecil |
| Publisher: | Pimpernel Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pimpernel Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 88 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 170mm x 230mm |
| Audience Age: | 0-0 |
Critics Review
‘Sharp-nosed and perceptive.’ – Times Literary Supplement ‘Not merely a delight to read, well researched and carefully organised, but also lavishly illustrted and beautifully designed.’ – Country Life From reviews of In Search of Rex Whistler:
‘A superb new biography…which throws new light on the artist’s complex world, and marks the resounding reclamation of his reputation.’ – Financial Times
Hugh And Mirabel Cecil
Books by Hugh Cecil include The Flower of Battle: How Britain Won the Great War (Steerforth, 1996). || Mirabel Cecil is author of A Kind of Prospero (Walker, 1996) and, with David Mlinaric, Mlinaric On Decorating (Frances Lincoln, 2008). Together Hugh and Mirabel have written Clever Hearts: a Life of Desmond and Molly MacCarthy (Gollancz, 1990), which won both the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award, Imperial Marriage (History Press, 2005) and, most recently, In Search of Rex Whistler: His Life and His Work (Frances Lincoln, 2012).
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