First friends: Paul and Bunty, John and Christine--and Carrington

Abstract

Ronald Blythe discovered a trunk full of letters in John and Christine Nash's farm after their death - letters from artists Paul and John Nash, Dora Carrington and Christine Kuhlenthal. He presents their letters in this book with startling paintings of the group. Here is a book about student days, the Western Front, friendship and courtship, and the real passion which all four shared - a love of landscape.

Contents

How to Paint a Church. p. 52. Enter Claughton. p. 26. Acknowledgements. p. 11. Paul Begins. p. 62. Measureless Commitments. p. 98. Christine. p. 47. Painting the War. p. 128. Grist to the Mill. p. 111. Great War. p. 68. Last Pages. p. 141. Dear Friend, Mentor -- but not Lover. p. 90. In the Beginning. p. 15. Introduction. p. 9. Index. p. 153.