Author: Malcolm Yorke
Publisher: First published in a limited edition by the Fleece Press in 2005. New edition published by Antique Collectors’ Club Woodbridge.
Published Date: 1 January 2005, New Edition May 2007
ISBN: 10: 0948375779 & 13: 978-0948375774
Length: 264 pages
Price: Early copies of this book are expensive, but the new edition can be purchased in the UK second-hand for about £25.00 or less. Postage may be extra.
Available From: World of Books, Abe Books, Amazon.co.uk
Description:
Edward Bawden’s (1903-1989) artistic career spanned more than sixty years. For the last 19 years of his life, he lived in Saffron Walden. This well-illustrated volume examines Bawden’s career within the context of his social and artistic friendships. A prolific artist, Bawden illustrated books and designed advertisements, transport posters, murals on ships, churches, boardrooms and colleges, editioned prints and wallpapers and was also a proficient watercolourist. The new edition is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of material from Bawden’s personal scrapbooks, allowing the reader insight into Bawden’s working methods and final pieces.
The Fry Gallery, Saffron Walden, holds a set of prints as part of their extensive Bawden collection. They are regularly exhibited and have been used in books about Bawden and his work.
The Author:
Malcolm Yorke has written biographies of Eric Gill, Keith Vaughan, Matthew Smith and Edward Bawden. He also paints, sculpts and writes children’s books.
First reviewed in Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 11: Spring 2006