Ithell Colquhoun

Name: Ithell Colquhoun
Brand: Mandrake
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Pioneer Surrealist Artist, Occultist, Writer and Poet

By: Eric Ratcliffe

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Paperback | 1 August 2016 | Edition Number 2

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318 Pages

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16.8 x 23 x 1.7

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The skills of Ithell Colquhoun in her main practice, that of artist and pioneer in this country of surrealistic art, have been long recognised. Additionally, other interests - alchemy, Earth-magic, active occultism, poetry, druidism, the pre-Christian pagan calendar, the history and membership of the Golden Dawn - and writing of and involvement in these interests by book publication and in a widely scattered field of correspondence, have created a miscellany of truly gargantuan proportion.

Eric Ratcliffe considered it was time to get together some of these pieces, to add something of what is known of Colquhoun's early life and family history and to take the opportunity of listing a comprehensive calendar of her work and exhibitions. The result is neither strictly biographical nor a treatise on any one subject, but it is a first gathering of the roots, passions and multi-directions of this artist. It is a patchwork containing many launch-pads for exploration of the magical and mythical atmosphere which this artist existed in and created. Here therefore is a contribution towards solving a jigsaw and a wind-catch of the minor cyclones of lthell's dedicatory interests, also serving as a record of her accomplishments in the art field.

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"...an excellent addition to the growing collection of books produced by Mandrake covering the interconnection of magick and surrealism." -- Soror Chamos, Avalonia, November 2007. The subtitle of this book is: Pioneer Surrealist, Artist, Occultist, Writer and Poet, this multifaceted description captures the essence of who and what Ithell Colquhoun was about. Her connection to Cornwall is through the book The Living Stones, published in 1957, which was an early contribution to discovering the power of the Cornish landscape, prehistory and tradition and folklore. Even today, it continues to inspire people with its love for the ancient land of CornwallRatcliffes biography made me want to go back and re-read The Living Stones, and no better thing could be said of a book such as this.- Cheryl Straffon, Editor in Meyn Mamvro Ancient stones and sacred sites in Cornwall www.meynmamvro.co.uk

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