The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War
Author:   Dr Jonathan Black (Kingston University, UK)
Publisher:   Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
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9780856677052


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   17 June 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dr Jonathan Black (Kingston University, UK)
Publisher:   Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Imprint:   Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.831kg
ISBN:  

9780856677052


ISBN 10:   0856677051
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   17 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction - Eric Kennington: The Portraitist as Romantic Realist Chapter One - Return of an Old Stager: With the High Command and the Royal Navy, November 1939-May 1940 Chapter Two - With The Intrepid Aviators During the Battle of Britain, August-December 1940 Chapter Three - Into the Boxing Ring: Learning the RAF in 1941 Chapter Four - Fighting Spirit: With the Tanks and the RAF, 1941-42 Chapter Five - Becoming a Pirate: With the Infantry and the Home Guard, 1942-43 Chapter Six - Brave People in a People’s War: Later War Works, 1944-45 Coda - ‘A Piece of Grit in The Works’: Post-War, 1945-60

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Dr Jonathan Black has been a Senior Research Fellow in History of Art at Kingston University since 2008. His publications include The Graphic Art of Eric Kennington (UCL, 2001), The Sculpture of Eric Kennington (Lund Humphries, 2002), Form, Feeling and Calculation: the Paintings and Drawings of Edward Wadsworth (PWP, 2005) and Dora Gordine: Artist, Sculptor, Designer (PWP, 2008). He has published various essays on aspects of early 20th century British and European Art, e.g. on the prints of C. R. W. Nevinson (2007), Henri Gaudier Brzeska and the First World War (2007), graphic artist Hans Schleger (2009), Charles Sargeant Jagger's Royal Artillery Memorial, London (2010) and Eric Kennington's friendship with T. E. Lawrence (2010)

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