Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster: 0 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0711229384 ISBN 13: 9780711229389

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 2008

Riassunto

Osbert Lancaster was one of the most famous artistic personalities of his generation. National fame sprang from his invention of the pocket cartoon, which first appeared in 1939 in Beaverbrook's Daily Express. Over the next forty years, he created a cast of characters, headed by the straight talking Countess, Maudie Littlehampton, which, every day, kept the nation chuckling.

Osbert's witty depictions of architectural styles, such as Stockbrokers' Tudor and Curzon Street Baroque brought him to prominence in the 1930s. After the war, he became one of the leading theatre and opera designers. He was also a brilliant illustrator working with friends and contemporaries such as Anthony Powell, John Piper and Nancy Mitford.

This beautifully illustrated book covers the full range of his work and will be a revelation to those discovering his art and humour for the first time.

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Recensione:

A splendid homage to cartoonist and illustrator Osbert Lancaster. || A beautifully presented book... Knox accompanies a bounty of illustration with a text that complements, providing real insight into Lancaster, his inspirations, friends and contemporaries. || Lancaster's talents were many and this is a gorgeous anthology to displat them. || This is a brilliantly researched and colourfully illustrated chronicle of cartoonist Osbert Lancaster. James Knox, former publisher of The Spectator, has done great justice to this prolific social and architectural satirist. || A sparkling book about a witty man. Full of good things and provides a long-overdue appreciation. Who better than Maudie Littlehampton to cheer us up in these dark days?

L'autore:

James Knox wrote the acclaimed biography of cult 1930s travel writer, Robert Byron, published by John Murray in 2003, which was hailed by Patrick Leigh Fermor as "surpassing all expectations." Byron was a contemporary and friend of Lancaster's and their social worlds overlapped. Knox has also written extensively about art and architecture for Country Life, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He has broadcast on Byron for the BBC and spoken at literary festivals. Knox is also a publisher with an MBA. He ran The Spectator in the 1980s and is currently Managing Director of The Art Newspaper, the "bible of the art world". In 2007, Knox was also highly instrumental in saving for the nation, Dumfries House, an Adam masterpiece filled with Chippendale furniture.

Sir Osbert Lancaster produced several books on architecture, and from 1939 onwards he produced cartoons for the Daily Express, using his character Maudie Littlehampton to satirise upper-class preoccupations. He died in 1986.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0711229384
• ISBN 13: 9780711229389
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224