Prunella Clough

Diary

18 November 1944–27 February 1947

Prunella Clough, ‘Front cover’ 18 November 1944–27 February 1947 — © The estate of Prunella Clough

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Created by: Prunella Clough 1919–1999
Title: Diary
Date: 18 November 1944–27 February 1947
Description: Refers to 'Self-portrait', 'Pont de la Concorde', 'Coffee', 'The little peasant', 'Southwold', 'Edith Sitwell', 'Death of a peasant', 'Catherine Blake', 'Plate 3 of "Urizen": Oh! Flames of Furious Desires', 'Zebra and parachute', 'The dancer', 'Fallen workman', 'Crouching fawn', 'Sleeping fawn' and 'Torso'.
Format: Bound volume - diary
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Ian Collins and Joachim Jacobs, July 2012
Reference: TGA 201215/1/1

Abstract expressionism Abstraction-Création Aesthetic movement Art nouveau Artists’ International Association Baroque Bauhaus Bloomsbury British impressionism British Surrealism British War Art Camden Town Group Constructivism Analytical cubism Dada Dutch Golden Age painting Euston Road School Expressionism Fauvism Impressionism London Group Mannerist Naive Neo-romanticism New English Art Club Objective abstraction Pittura metafisica (metaphysical art) Post-impressionism Realism Realism Rococo Romanticism St Ives School Surrealism Vorticism

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