The roundhouse of international spirits / Hans Arp [and others] ; edited by Sebastiano Barassi.

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Book
Language
English
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Cambridge [England] : Kettle's Yard, ©2009.
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96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm

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    "Published to accompany 'The roundhouse of international spirits' (exhibition) ... Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, 17 January-15 March 2009"--P. 96.
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    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • The natural beauty of the Ticino, around the famous tourist spots of lakes Maggiore and Lugano had long attracted artists and intellectuals. Writing to a friend in 1962, German painter Julius Bissier described the area of Ascona and Locarno, where he was then living, as 'the roundhouse of international spirits'. By the early 1960s a remarkable group of artists had settled in the area. Hans Arp and Hans Richter returned, having first visited in the 1910s. Julius Bissier, Italo Valenti, Ben Nicholson and Felicitas Vogler arrived in search of better living conditions and new inspiration. The American painter Mark Tobey, based in Basel and a friend of many of these artists, regularly visited. The Locarnese, as it is known locally, became a thriving intellectual hotspot, with a strong sense of community
    • so much so that Arp liked to refer to it as 'el kibbutz'.
    ISBN
    • 9781904561323 ((pbk.))
    • 1904561322 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2009379857
    OCLC
    373476952
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