Mondrian in London: how British art nearly became modern

Abstract

"Mondrian in London - How British Art Nearly Became Modern -" is art critic Charles Darwent's ground-breaking and fascinating account of the hitherto untold story of the period of artist Piet Mondrian's life during which he lived and worked in London - where he moved in 1938 at the behest of fellow artists Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. Described by Brian Sewell in the Evening Standard as 'a sympathetic evocation of life in Belsize Park as Europe went to war in 1939', Charles Darwent's Mondrian in London skilfully evokes this important, yet largely unknown period in Mondrian's life before he sailed to New York in September 1940". --Publisher.

Contents

Introduction -- Miss Moss -- The New Alliance -- Home thoughts from abroad -- Cometh the hour -- Cometh the man -- War war -- The end of the affair -- After