{"product_id":"christopher-wood-a-painter-between-two-cornwalls-9781854372246","title":"Christopher Wood: A Painter Between Two Cornwalls","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Liverpool in 1901  Christopher Wood spend most of his artistic career in France. In Paris he lived a whirlwind existence among the high society of the 1920s  getting to know Cocteau  Picasso and Diaghilev  all of whom admired his talent. Yet he often longed for solitude  and it was in the quiet coastal towns of Cornwall and Brittany that he painted his best work. Wood first stayed in St Ives in 1926. His second visit  with Ben Nicholson in 1928  and their discovery there of Alfred Wallis  is now legendary in the story of modernism. But it was not just Walliss style that influenced Woods work; he remained captivated by the harbours  boats and rugged coastline of Cornwall. He later found the same inspiration in Cornouaille  a remote area of Brittany  and was also moved by the local people with their traditional ways. Looking in depth at the artists life and work in both places  this publication highlights the extent to which his pictures of Cornouaille were imbued with resonances and memories of Cornwall. Among the 40 works illustrated and discussed are many of the most important paintings that Wood produced before his death at the age of 29.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67983124103221,"sku":"ByrdShop_1854372246","price":317.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781854372246.jpg?v=1794733550","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/christopher-wood-a-painter-between-two-cornwalls-9781854372246","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}