Jane Hill
Lund Humphries
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A graduate of Leon Underwood s Brook Green School of Art in London Gertrude Hermes (1901-83) trained as a sculptor. Alongside the break-up of her marriage to Blair Hughes-Stanton with whom she established her reputation as a wood-engraver much has been written about Hermes career as an engraver. In contrast her contribution as a sculptor has been somewhat eclipsed: until now.The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes presents for the first time a full analysis of the artist s entire sculptural oeuvre. Along with a comprehensive catalogue of Hermes works Jane Hill provides a full account of the artist s life in the context of her career as a sculptor. What results is a picture of a pioneering spirit whose robust and vigorous treatment created busts and heads decorative work and reliefs which display dynamism and unpredictability.
Lund Humphries
Hardback
144
A graduate of Leon Underwood s Brook Green School of Art in London Gertrude Hermes (1901-83) trained as a sculptor. Alongside the break-up of her marriage to Blair Hughes-Stanton with whom she established her reputation as a wood-engraver much has been written about Hermes career as an engraver. In contrast her contribution as a sculptor has been somewhat eclipsed: until now.The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes presents for the first time a full analysis of the artist s entire sculptural oeuvre. Along with a comprehensive catalogue of Hermes works Jane Hill provides a full account of the artist s life in the context of her career as a sculptor. What results is a picture of a pioneering spirit whose robust and vigorous treatment created busts and heads decorative work and reliefs which display dynamism and unpredictability.