Derwent Lees: Art and Life - Hardcover

by Lynn Davies (Author)

Bringing to light the art and life of Derwent Lees (1884-1931), an Australian painter who studied and taught at the Slade School of Art in the decade preceding and including the First World War, this comprehensive monograph includes a complete catalogue of the artist's known works. Embedded within London's art world, Lees counted Augustus John, J.D. Innes, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Ambrose McEvoy as his close friends. He exhibited works in prominent London galleries and at the 1913 New York Armory show from his travels in England, Wales, France and Poland. Tragically, his promising career was cut short when he was confined to mental asylums from 1919. This publication provides a definitive account of Lees's life and impressive body of work and will stand as a primary reference resource on the artist for many years to come.

Author Biography

Lynn Davies, an academic research librarian and digital curator spent much of her career at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. She has a particular interest in late-19th-century Australian social history, with an emphasis on little-known Tasmanians, and has written biographical articles, established a social history museum, and created art and optics digital archives. She has lived in Hobart, her and Derwent Lees's birthplace, and Collioure, France, for the last 20 years.