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Modern times : British prints, 1913-1939 / Jennifer Farrell ; with contributions by Gillian Forrester and Rachel Mustalish.

by Farrell, Jennifer (Jennifer E.), 1970- author.

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New York, NY : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2021]

Garfield, Leslie J., 1932- -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.

Garfield, Johanna -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions.

Prints, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.

Drawing, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.

1588397394 (hardcover)

9781588397393 (hardcover) :

200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

"Throughout the tumultuous decades of the early twentieth century, the graphic arts flourished in Great Britain as artists sought to portray everyday life during the machine age. This richly illustrated volume reintroduces rare print works from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield into the narrative of modernism, demonstrating their relationship to other movements such as Cubism, Futurism, and Constructivism. Essays explore how artists turned to printmaking to alleviate trauma, memorialize their wartime experiences, and capture the aspirations and fears of the twenties and thirties. Special attention is given to the linocut technique revolutionized by Claude Flight and his students at London's Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Highlighted as well are the pioneering works of artists such as C. R. W. Nevinson, Sybil Andrews, Cyril E. Power, Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Edith Lawrence, Ursula Fookes, and Lill Tschudi. In their quest to promote a more democratic art, these artists created innovative graphics that portrayed in subject, form, material, and technique the dynamic era in which they lived."--Provided by distributor.

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