Mary Fedden

Enigmas and Variations

Christopher Andreae

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English

Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
15 April 2014

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Mary Fedden (1915-2012) is one of Britain's most popular artists.

The focus of this acclaimed book is the artist's creative process in various different media - oil, gouache, pencil and collage.

While Fedden is often considered almost exclusively a still-life painter, still life was far from being her only preoccupation, as this book shows. Fantasy and imagination always also played a strong part, as is particularly evident in her small gouaches. A quietly surreal, enigmatic streak runs through much of her work.

Fedden's collages are a witty and affectionate homage to the work of her husband, Julian Trevelyan. They lived, worked and travelled together from 1949 to 1988. The book re-emphasises her debt to him, but also her independence, even during their early life together when he stimulated her move into Modernism.

In an engaging text, which draws on numerous conversations with the artist during her final years, Christopher Andreae considers why Fedden has always had such a popular following, looks at the English quality of her work, and talks about the commercialisation of her art and her attitudes to the art market. Fedden is shown to be an original, serious and prolific artist, a draftsman of unusual sensitivity and prowess, and a colourist of power and subtlety.

Profusely illustrated with works from private and public collections, this is a book for Mary Fedden's existing devotees as well as newcomers to her work.

By: Christopher Andreae
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 290mm, Width: 240mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9781848221543
ISBN 10: 1848221541
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 April 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Andreae wrote about art from the early 1960s onwards, in books and shorter pieces of journalism. He is the author of Joan Eardley (2013), Mary Newcomb (1996 and 2007), A Word or Two (a collection of essays published in 2004) and Winifred Nicholson (2009).

Reviews for Mary Fedden: Enigmas and Variations

This book is a delight...' RA Magazine'A well rounded and comprehensive book ... There are an admirable number of high quality reproductions, giving an overview to the remarkable scope of the artist which will please fans of the artist as well as those not yet familiar with Fedden's ubiquitous work.' Antiques Magazine' ... this is a book to delight Fedden's many friends and admirers ... [Andreae's] sensitive, intelligent book deepens our understanding of the subtleties of [Fedden's] art - and its unexpected variety.' House & Garden 2007' ... perceptive and sympathetic text ... ' . EDP Sunday Magazine