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East End Vernacular Hardcover
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- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions9.92 x 0.83 x 8.94 inches
- ISBN-100995740119
- ISBN-13978-0995740112
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- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0995740119
- ISBN-13 : 978-0995740112
- Item Weight : 2.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.92 x 0.83 x 8.94 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,172,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24,561 in Art History (Books)
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For some time I’ve been following a blog called Spitalfields Life, about the East End of London. Who actually writes the blog posts is something of an online mystery, known known as “The Gentle Author” and livings somewhere on Brick Lane. The author writes wonderful blog posts about London’s East End – its people, its history, its streets, and its contribution to life in London, and also publishes books.
The latest is “East End Vernacular: Artists Who Painted London’s East End Streets in the 20th Century,” and what a beautiful book it is.
“Vernacular” refers to the commercial, work-a-day, working class associations of the East End. This is a region of London that included factories, warehouses, working class residences, and the slums of Whitechapel. The people who lived here worked in the factories and on the docks, markets and small commercial establishments. And while artists before the 20th century had drawn and painted scenes there (including James McNeill Whistler), it was the indigenous artists of the 20th century who found the region’s spirit and soul.
The names won’t necessarily be familiar to American or even British ears. Nathaniel Kornbluth. Pearl Binder. Brothers Harold and Walter Steggles. Grace Oscroft. Cyril Mann. Roland Collins. Dorothy Bishop. Geoffrey Fletcher. Peri Parkes. Leon Kosoff. And quite a few more. Most if not all of them were born and grew up in the East End. Some worked in their fathers’ shops. Many held full-time jobs, squeezing in what they could paint from a bedroom window.
The artists were often self-taught or came under the guidance of local arts organizations. Often the “big boys” in London art would take notice, and many of the works would find their way to the Tate, the Royal Academy, and various exhibitions. The Whitechapel Gallery often played a critical role in bringing these artists to wider public attention.
Like any good curator, The Gentle Author has been selective, choosing some outstanding works. What the included paintings share is simplicity in form and color (some are reminiscent of the works of Edward Hopper) and common themes of streets, buildings, and scenes that are often still familiar (I recognized a few from my brief afternoon journey) even though the artists often knew that the area was changing and wanted to capture it before it disappeared.
The Gentle Author has published of numerous books by others about London’s East End, including “A Hoxton Childhood,” “Brick Lane,” “Travellers’ Children in London Fields,” “East End,” and “The Boss of Bethnal Green,” among others. Others include “Spitalfields Life,” “The Gentle Author’s London Album,” and “Cries of London.”
You can scroll through posts at Spitalfields Life and see examples of many of these artists. But to see them together as a published collection like “East End Vernacular” is something rather marvelous.
cover itself gives the impression of a rare/singular painting-on-canvas that one might find in a stall in Petticoat Lane. You know the feeling: You find yourself at a crowded market full of "this isn't it" wares, but suddenly you are captivated by a painting that peeks up from a crowded carton. You just know this is going to be a pearl-beyond-price, a rare discovery. And suddenly it all feels like kismet.
Apply all those feelings to this wonderful book. Within the handsome covers you will discover a vast range of artists who became chroniclers of London's East End......and captured it with brio, before everything changed. If there is one word for this book, it is: Dedication.
The life stories of each artist shimmer with stories of dedication and fondness, and the accompanying paintings are vividly narrative. Best of all, the Author himself has curated this wonderful volume in a full-hearted way; bound to delight. If you love books, this one's for you.
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East End Vernacular should be read and appreciated in conjunction with this other title as both overlap in their presentation of paintings and the artists who created them. Here, the subject matter struck a particular chord with me.
The urban scenes depicted represented glimpses into a past that has largely gone forever, replaced by gleaming towers and wide highways. This was something I recently experienced when cycling through the East End. At Old Ford I came across an old corner pub named the Railway Inn or similar but any associated railway had vanished off the face of the earth with a nearby motorway sunk below in a vast cutting. This led me to find out more of the locality, where the railway had been and what had stood previously. As an artist I can appreciate how paintings can provide a link with the past and in this regard the book does this beyond all expectations. Highly recommended to lovers of art and local history.