Beyond Ravilious by Tirzah Garwood

This beautifully illustrated book is the first full-length critical study to focus on the works of fine artist and printmaker, Tirzah Garwood (1908-1951). It reveals Garwood’s development of a distinctive ‘sophisticated naive’ approach that subtly transformed innocent subjects to unsettling effect. She wrote her autobiography ‘Long Live Great Bardfield’ and began creating a series of beautiful oil paintings, collaged constructions, wood engravings and marbled papers. More than ninety works by Garwood including books, studies and ephemera, almost exclusively from private collections are accompanied by artworks by her husband Eric Ravilious that set the context in which the artists worked together, exploring the shared interests and techniques of this remarkable creative couple.

Written by James Russell, author of the bestselling Ravilious (2015) exhibition catalogue for Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibition ‘Ravilious’.