ISBN:
1909932698
,
9781909932692
Language:
English
Pages:
253 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
23 cm
DDC:
306.76094237
Keywords:
Sexual minorities History
;
Arts History
;
Arts
;
Manners and customs
;
Sexual minorities
;
History
;
St. Ives (Cornwall, England) Social life and customs
;
St. Ives (Cornwall, England) History
;
England ; St. Ives (Cornwall)
;
Saint Ives
;
Kunst
;
LGBT
;
Geschichte 1945-1980
Abstract:
This first ever queer history of St Ives weaves together biography with art and social history to shine new light on a pivotal era in the development of British modernism. At its centre is the sculptor John Milne (1931-1978), who arrived in the town in 1952 to work as an assistant to Barbara Hepworth.0Hidden behind 20-foot-high granite walls, Milne's house, Trewyn, became a meeting point for queer figures from the arts as well as the scene of legendary parties. The large cast - both queer and otherwise - featured in Queer St Ives and Other Stories includes artists Francis Bacon, Alan Lowndes, Marlow Moss, Patrick Procktor, Mark Tobey, Keith Vaughan and Brian Wall; Whitechapel Art Gallery director Bryan Robertson; actors Keith Barron and Richard Wattis; potter Janet Leach; and writers Tony Warren and Richard Blake Brown. There is also the extraordinary Julian Nixon, a queer Everyman whose involvement in the group has been little explored until now.0Based on original interviews and previously unpublished letters and diaries, Queer St Ives and Other Stories reveals a fascinating, previously undocumented history, adding vital new insights into the history of this fabled Cornish art colony. Publication supported by the Paul Mellon Centre
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