The Art Of Dora Carrington

by Jane Hill

At the age of 38, Dora Carrington (1893-1932) committed suicide, unable to contemplate living without her companion, Lytton Strachey, who had died a few weeks before. The association with Lytton and his Bloomsbury friends, combined with her own modesty have tended to overshadow Carrington's contribution to modern British painting. This book aims to redress the balance by looking at the immense range of her work: portraits, landscapes, glass paintings, letter illustrations and decorative work.

Genres: Art, Biography, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published April 7, 1994

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say that Carrington was a very good artist and this is a book not only on her art, but her life. I read this after seeing the DVD with Emma Thompson. IMO Carrington close relationship with Strachey replaces her close personal relationship with her father who passed away. Her father was a big part of her life and he supported her artistic talents by leaving her an annual stipend. The cover of this book is a painting of Lytton Strachey which is probably her best painting. But she also did woodcuts for Virginia Woolf's press, and much more.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book about a brilliant life.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good study of Carrington's work, focussing on her art with only relevant accompanying biographical detail. Plenty of illustrations (although some only being described as a lot of her work has been lost over time), mostly in black and white, but with colour reproductions of the main paintings.

[Andrea Engle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’d forgotten what a delightful book this is! ... an interesting introduction to the work of a sadly under-rated artist, Dora Carrington ...