{"title":"Books by Alice Strang","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781906270407","title":"F.C.B. Cadell","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is Cadell's zest for life and the diversity of his subjects that makes him unique in the group of artists popularly known as the Scottish Colourists. Influenced by direct contact with the European avant-garde movements taking place at the turn of the century and with early knowledge of the work of Matisse and the Fauves, Cadell's paintings are confident and rich with colour. Celebrated for his stylish portraits of Edinburgh New Town interiors and his vibrantly coloured, daringly simple still life's of the 1920s, exceptional in British art of this period, he also captured the beauty of nature, especially in the evocative works portraying his beloved Iona.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308311032181,"sku":"9781906270407","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781906270407_a99b1272-37a7-4a4c-84eb-2f35ca5afc98.jpg?v=1786029566"},{"product_id":"9781906270896","title":"Modern Scottish Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eUncover the stories of 45 female painters and sculptors and their influence on Scottish modern art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1885 Sir William Fettes Douglas, President of the Royal Scottish Academy, declared that the work of a woman artist was ‘like a man’s only weaker and poorer’. Yet between 1885, when Fra Newbery was appointed Director of Glasgow School of Art and did much in terms of gender equality amongst his staff and students, and 1965, when Anne Redpath, the doyenne of post-Second World War Scottish painting, died, an unprecedented number of Scottish women trained and worked as artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on 45 Scottish female painters and sculptors and explores the conditions that they negotiated as students and practitioners due to their gender. Many of the artists featured are not widely known and so will be a revelation to readers, while others with established reputations are evaluated afresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essay by Alice Strang and artist entries by twenty-one authors uncover and celebrate women’s contribution to this chapter of Scottish modern art history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308357628277,"sku":"9781906270896","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781906270896_ebefe375-aa03-4ff7-b9bd-f8be547a8a1d.jpg?v=1786029567"},{"product_id":"9781906270629","title":"J.D. Fergusson","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. D. Fergusson (1874-1961) is one of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists, the others being F. C. B. Cadell, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe. Fergusson was born in Leith, and was essentially a self-taught artist. In Paris 1907 he became involved with the avant-garde scene and exhibited at the progressive Salon d'Automne. More than any of his Scottish contemporaries, Fergusson assimilated and developed the latest developments in French painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1913 Fergusson met the dance pioneer Margaret Morris (1891-1980). Morris's creative dance movements and her students continued to be one of Fergusson's main sources of inspiration and models. In 1929 Fergusson returned to Paris where he was involved with the Anglo-American art circles. Most summers were spent in the south of France where Morris held her celebrated Summer Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe couple moved to Glasgow in 1939 being founder members of the New Art Club and of its off-shoot the New Scottish Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reasserts the artist's place at the forefront of British modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308707623285,"sku":"9781906270629","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781906270629_a69c5a14-0b11-4d9e-8d3a-471cb625a790.jpg?v=1786029567"},{"product_id":"scottish-colourists","title":"The Scottish Colourists","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour trailblazing artists – Samuel John Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter and Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell – transformed Scottish art with their vision and vibrancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the interwoven lives of Samuel John Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson, George Leslie Hunter and Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell. They were bound together by friendship and an immersion in progressive French art, which resulted in their use of bold design, beautiful brushwork and, above all, brilliant colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndividually and collectively the four artists were the torch bearers of modern art in Scotland. In 1937 the artist David Foggie described Peploe as \u003cem\u003eʻthe creator of a new beauty, entirely of this century and uniqueʼ\u003c\/em\u003e. This description can be applied to all the members of the quartet now celebrated as the ʻScottish Colouristsʼ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this richly illustrated account based on new research, acclaimed art historian Alice Strang re-examines the Colouristsʼ lives, work and international legacy, revealing why their art continues to captivate audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510227640693,"sku":"9781911054740","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911054740.jpg?v=1787130565"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-alice-strang.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}