- Includes three beautiful gatefold spreads
The development of textiles as an art form between 1940 and 1976, and the extent of collaboration between artists and textile manufacturers at this time, is unrivalled in modern art history. Raoul Dufy was the first twentieth-century artist to become seriously and successfully involved in producing textile designs. His work influenced and encouraged many other artists and textile companies in Britain, on the Continent and in America. After the war this movement really flowered with the involvement of leading artists of the day: Picasso, Matisse, Moore, Nicholson, Warhol, Steinberg, to name a few...
Artists' Textiles 1940-1976 is an important and comprehensive survey of this art form in Britain and America. There are approximately 200 colour images, many of which have never been seen before, alongside specially commissioned photography.
Beautifully designed, Artists' Textiles 1940-1976 is a companion volume to Jacqueline Groag ISBN: 9781851495900, Shirley Craven and Hull Traders ISBN: 9781851496082, Pop! Design, Culture, Fashion 1955-1976 ISBN: 9781851496907 and Zandra Rhodes: Textile Revolution, Medals, Wiggles and Pop 1961-1971 ISBN: 9781851496488, all published, to great acclaim, by Antique Collectors' Club.
Major artists featured: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Saul Steinberg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Fernand Leger, Ben Nicholson, Andy Warhol.
