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Book SynopsisHenry Wilson (1864 - 1934) worked in a highly individual style, uniting influences from the Arts & Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau with his own interpretation of traditional forms, symbols and nature. Drawing on original archives, biographical details and insights from family members, this is the first published study devoted wholly to Wilson and his work. This book discusses examples of his work throughout the UK and in North America, where he designed the bronze entrance doors for a leading Boston tea importer and the great West doors of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. Of equal impact were his exhibition designs, and his influential teaching at the Royal College of Art, at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and at the Vittoria Street School for Silversmiths and Jewellers in Birmingham. He began his career as Chief Assistant to the Gothic Revival architect J. D. Sedding, but felt increasingly drawn to the associated arts: church furnishings, sculpture, metalworking
Table of ContentsIntroduction 'Perhaps The Greatest Artist Of The Lot'; First Influences; J.D. Sedding and His Impact; Life after Sedding; Creative Transition; Focus on the Metalworking Arts; The All-Round Artist; Learning by Living; The Public Face of The Arts and Crafts; Arts and Crafts in a Modern World; Epilogue 'The Arch Individualist'; Gazetteer; Chronology: Life And Work; Biblography; Appendix 1: The Wilson Family Tree; Appendix 2: The Other Henry Wilson; Notes; Acknowledgements: For Illustrations; Index.
