• The Visiitor's Book

The Visiitor's Book

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Book Club: Reading The Visitors Book by Jon Lys Turner
Wednesday 13th November, 6.45pm Soup, 7pm Book Club

The Visitors’ Book: In Francis Bacon’s Shadow: The Lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller (Constable, London) by Jon Lys Turner reveals a wealth of new, truly staggering biographical information from the archives of the artists Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller.

With an extraordinary supporting cast including Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, this is the untold story of two of the most fascinating figures to emerge from the turbulent world of post-war British art.

'This handsome book is a stimulating and absorbing description of intertwined bohemian and artists' lives but also an important slice of social and cultural history from original sources. It not only describes the ferment of post-war Britain and the collapsing norms of class and convention, but also offers an example for all of us of a few brave souls doggedly pursuing their artistic vocations and world views against all the odds' -- Eamon Delaney ― independent.ie

https://youtu.be/bCwwpO3shoU?feature=shared

Reading list for the next six months is here: https://thenose.org/blogs/news/book-club
(Meet 2nd Wednesday of the month). Free.