Jahrzehntelang war sie vergessen, bis sie in den späten 60er Jahren als Pionierin des modernen Designs wiederentdeckt wurde. Eileen Gray (1878-1976) wird heute in einem Atemzug mit Größen wie Le Corbusier und Mies van der Rohe genannt. Ihre Entwürfe, wie der Tisch E-1027 und der Bibendum Stuhl, haben Kultstatus erreicht, werden auf Auktionen hoch gehandelt und in Lizenz nachgebaut. Als Tochter schottisch-irischer Eltern studierte sie zunächst Malerei in London und zog 1906 nach Paris, wo sie mit aufwendigen Lackarbeiten begann. Diese Technik, erlernt bei einem japanischen Kunsthandwerker, ermöglichte es ihr, funktionale und geometrisch gestaltete Raumteiler und Möbel zu kreieren, die sowohl die Pariser Hautevolee als auch intellektuelle Bewunderer wie Somerset Maugham und Gertrude Stein begeisterten. Der Erste Weltkrieg veränderte die gesellschaftliche und ästhetische Landschaft grundlegend. In den 20er Jahren entwickelte sich Gray zu einer Vertreterin der modernen Designbewegung, die strengen funktionalen und materiellen Gesetzen folgte. Ihr selbst entworfenes Haus in Südfrankreich setzte Maßstäbe für einen modernen Lebensstil mit einem Hauch von Luxus. Peter Adams' erste Biographie von 1984 trug entscheidend zum Eileen Gray-Revival bei. Der britische Kunstkritiker präsentiert nun eine revidierte Fassung, angereichert mit neuen Informationen und Materialien.
Peter Adam Bücher
Peter Adams Schriften befassen sich mit theologischen und spirituellen Themen, die von seiner umfangreichen Erfahrung in Seelsorge und akademischer Laufbahn geprägt sind. Seine Arbeit untersucht häufig die praktische Anwendung des Glaubens im zeitgenössischen Leben und die Suche nach tieferer Bedeutung im alltäglichen Dasein. Adams Texte zeichnen sich durch ihre Nachdenklichkeit aus und ihre Fähigkeit, den Leser zur Reflexion über seine eigene spirituelle Reise anzuregen. Er verbindet geschickt theologische Tiefe mit seelsorgerischer Weisheit und bietet den Lesern tiefe Einblicke in den Glauben.






Eileen Gray
Architektin, Designerin
Peter Adam explores The Message of Malachi, part of The Bible Speaks Today Old Testament series of commentaries.
Diana Armfield
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Charts Diana Armfield's personal and artistic journey with over 200 beautiful reproductions of her work.
"We need not only to do evangelism, but also develop contemporary gospel strategies which we trust, under God, will be effective. We need gospel wisdom, as well as gospel work. We need to work on local evangelism, but also work on God's global gospel plan. This alets us to our own nation, as well as other nations. gospel strategy includes the question, 'How should we evanglize our nation? Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury 1532-56, strategised and worked to do this from the perspective of Anglican Reformed theology and practice. We cannot duplicate his plan in detail, but he can inspire us, and also teach us the key ingredients of such a plan. His context of ministry had advantages and disadvantages. Our context has the same mixture. We can also learn from Cranmer's ability to work effectively in his context, despite the many problems, and the suffering he endured. God used him to evangelise his nation at his time. May God use us for his gospel glory!"--Back cover
This is an update and review of the first major study of the life and art of London-born painter and collagist Francis Davison (1919?1984). After reading English and Anthropology at Cambridge, he wrote poetry, and took up drawing in 1946. On marriage to artist Margaret Mellis in 1948, the couple settled in Suffolk where they ran a smallholding at Syleham before moving to Southwold.00By the early 1950s Davison?s paintings had become simplified shapes and it was not long before he ceased painting in favour of working in collage. Over the next 20 years reference to landscape disappeared and the colour range was extended. Davison relied entirely on found, used and unpainted papers, which were cut and fitted with great exactitude. By the end of his life he had developed a method of tearing paper that gave him complete mastery over his material.00A very private man, Davison shunned publicity and insisted that only the most basic information should accompany the showing of his work. Reflecting this, he never received the recognition his work deserved, and there was only one substantial exhibition during his lifetime ? at the Hayward Gallery in 1983 ? but critical attention has grown since his death in the mid-1980s. Davison?s work was greatly admired by many of his contemporaries, most notably Patrick Heron and Roger Hilton. He is now seen as a major abstract collagist, with exhibitions at many public and commercial galleries. His work is held in the Arts Council collection
Paperback edition of the first full-length monograph to deal with all aspects of the career of John Nash.
Told in his own words, in response to questions from the writer and art critic Andrew Lambirth, this book chronicles Andrew Logan's life and work through expressive anecdote and factual recollection. Reflections is a look back, but also a look at the present and a look forward: it is about the meaning of Andrew's world and the sculpture he has made to fill it, and about his approach to art, to friendship and to living in London and Wales. The Alternative Miss World, founded by Andrew in 1972, is at the heart of his philosophy, not just the world's greatest drag act (though it is this too), but an exhilarating celebration of the transformative power of the imagination. Andrew's work, which is all about joy and beauty, is inspiring and uplifting. This book, based upon discursive interviews dealing with all periods of his career, explains and contextualises it fully for the first time.