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Ithell Colquhoun : artist and occultist /

This book offers the first in-depth biographical study of the British surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, situating her art within the magical contexts that shaped her imaginative life and work. After decades of neglect, Colquhoun's unique vision and hermetic life have become an object o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hale, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Strange Attractor Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Colquhoun, Ithell, > 1906-1988.
Artists > Great Britain > Biography.
Women artists > Great Britain > Biography.
Occultists > Great Britain > Biography.
Occultism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Surrealism > History.
Modernism (Art)
Surrealism.
Women artists.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Finding Colquhoun
  • "Already I knew my own mind"
  • "Objective hazard" : surrealism
  • Atlantean currents : Celticism
  • "A stream of power, set in motion" : occultism
  • "More brilliant than crystal" : the legacy.