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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Ayrton, Michael
Michael Ayrton (b. London, 20 February, 1921 – d. 17 November, 1975)
was an English artist, known as a painter, printmaker and sculptor, and also as a critic,
broadcaster and novelist.
The son of the poet Gerald Gould, he
began his career as a writer, becoming the art critic of The Spectator.
He also produced an ecelectic range of art, including as a stage and costume designer working with John Minton on the 1942
John Gielgud production of Macbeth. He was also a book designer and illustrator, and edited
the book Aspects of British Art (1947).
He was fascinated by the myth of the Cretan labyrinth, a myth which he addressed time
and again in his work, going so far as to actually construct a monumental maze in Troy, New York.
Further reading:
Justine Hopkins. Michael Ayrton — a Biography (1994)
Jacob E. Nyenhuis. Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus, the Maze Maker (2003)
Eagle Landscape (1957)
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