Art Between the Wars
Interesting discussion at Charleston Farmhouse about art and life between the two world wars. This event was part of the Charleston Festival with over 40 events over 10 days. I was an all event ticket holder and am proud to say I think I was the only person that actually did all the events! I’m afraid if I blogged them all I’d be here for ever so I’m just blogging any of the events with an art or design theme. It was an exception festival this year, partly due to the joy of it being back in person and I came away brimming with ideas and inspiration. Anyway back to this event which brought together Frances Spalding, talking about her book about the visual arts between the wars, and Nino Strachey, on hers about a new generation of the Bloomsbury Group in the 1920s. The event was chaired by Mark Hussey who write a biography of Clive Bell. We started with a short talk by Spalding with excellent slides which wove the story of the art with what brought her to it. She discussed the ris