Seventy-five years after Raviliouss untimely death, Andy Friend tells the story of this group of artists from their student days through to the Second World War. Ravilious & Co. explores how they influenced each other and how a shared experience animated their work, revealing the significance in this pattern of friendship of women artists, whose place within the history of British art has often been neglected. Generously illustrated and drawing on extensive research, and a wealth of newly discovered material, Ravilious & Co. is an enthralling narrative of creative achievement, joy and tragedy.
Shortlisted for the Beautiful Books category of the Books Are My Bag Awards 2017
One of Peter Conrad's Books of the Year, Observer
A Guardian Book of the Year
A Sunday Times Best Biography/Autobiography of the Year
A Spectator Book of the Year
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Andy Friend is the author of Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship (Thames & Hudson, 2017). He conceived and co-curated the eponymous exhibition which toured the UK in 2017–18, attracting c. 100,000 visitors.
Alan Powers is a widely published author specializing in 20th-century art and design, with an interest in expanding the canon and reshaping the interpretation of Modernism, especially in the British context. He has taught in several university schools of architecture, and has been active as an exhibition curator, conservationist and journalist. He is the author of numerous books, including Ravilious and Co, also published by Thames & Hudson.
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