Carrington : a life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932

Gerzina, Gretchen

Carrington : a life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932 / Gretchen Gerzina - xxiv, 342 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-329) and index.

Part I. Youth Childhood 1910-11 : the young art student The first triangle : 1912 Sex and self-doubt Old trouble and new friends Part II. Arrangements The second triangle London and Lytton Separations and unions Tidmarsh Mill house : 1917-18 Ralph : 1919 Commitment : 1920-21 Part III. Rearrangements Gerald Picking up the pieces Retrenchment : 1925 Compromise Part IV. Love and loss : 1928-32 Fear and love : 1928 Disaster averted : 1929 The medal reversed : 1930 Foreshadowing : 1931 The two-handed engine

Since her suicide in 1932, Carrington's reputation as a painter has grown and this biography presents a sympathetic and surprising portrait of an unusual and talented woman. Although not a member of the Bloomsbury group, she was close to several members of the coterie.

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Carrington, Dora de Houghton, 1893-1932


Painters--England--Biography

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