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Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster

Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster

by JamesKnox (Compiler)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Osbert Lancaster was one of the most famous artistic personalities of his generation. National fame sprang from his invention of the pocket cartoon, which first appeared in 1939 in Beaverbrook's Daily Express. Over the next forty years, he created a cast of characters, headed by the straight talking Countess, Maudie Littlehampton, which, every day, kept the nation chuckling. Osbert's witty depictions of architectural styles, such as Stockbrokers' Tudor and Curzon Street Baroque brought him to prominence in the 1930s. After the war, he became one of the leading theatre and opera designers. He was also a brilliant illustrator working with friends and contemporaries such as Anthony Powell, John Piper and Nancy Mitford. This beautifully illustrated book covers the full range of his work and will be a revelation to those discovering his art and humour for the first time. Publication will coincide with a centenary exhibition, curated by James Knox, at the Wallace Collection in London.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: 1st Edition
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 02 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0711229384
ISBN 13: 9780711229389
Book Overview: * This beautifully illustrated book covers the full range of Osbert Lancaster's work and will be a revelation to those discovering his art and humour for the first time. * Publication will coincide with a centenary exhibition, curated by James Knox, at the Wallace Collection in London. * The Spectator has announced the exhibtion as the Wallace Collection's 'autumn snorter' guaranteed 'to play to packed houses'

Media Reviews
A splendid homage to cartoonist and illustrator Osbert Lancaster. Publishing News A beautifully presented book...Knox accompanies a bounty of illustration with a text that complements, providing real insight into Lancaster, his inspirations, friends and contemporaries. Publishing News Lancaster's talents were many and this is a gorgeous anthology to displat them. Daily Express This is a brilliantly researched and colourfully illustrated chronicle of cartoonist Osbert Lancaster. James Knox, former publisher of The Spectator, has done great justice to this prolific social and architectural satirist. Field A sparkling book about a witty man. Full of good things and provides a long-overdue appreciation. Who better than Maudie Littlehampton to cheer us up in these dark days? Spectator
Author Bio
James Knox wrote the acclaimed biography of cult 1930s travel writer, Robert Byron, published by John Murray in 2003, which was hailed by Patrick Leigh Fermor as surpassing all expectations. Byron was a contemporary and friend of Lancaster's and their social worlds overlapped. Knox has also written extensively about art and architecture for Country Life, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He has broadcast on Byron for the BBC and spoken at literary festivals. Knox is also a publisher with an MBA. He ran The Spectator in the 1980s and is currently Managing Director of The Art Newspaper, the bible of the art world . In 2007, Knox was also highly instrumental in saving for the nation, Dumfries House, an Adam masterpiece filled with Chippendale furniture.

Sir Osbert Lancaster produced several books on architecture, and from 1939 onwards he produced cartoons for the Daily Express, using his character Maudie Littlehampton to satirise upper-class preoccupations. He died in 1986.