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Carrington : a life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932 / Gretchen Gerzina

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : John Murray, 1989Description: xxiv, 342 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0719546885
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.2
Contents:
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
Summary: 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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Book Book Main Library Reference Section Women’s Collection WC 759.2 C318g 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132430d

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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