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Title:Ithell Colquhoun : Pioneer Surrealist Artist, Occultist, Writer, & Poet
Author:Eric Ratcliffe
ISBN:1869928989 : 9781869928988
Illustrations:25 colour & 65 b/w illus
Size:155x230mm
Pages:316
Weight: .522 Kg.
Published:Mandrake of Oxford - October 2007
List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Biography & autobiography: religious & spiritual: Mind, body, spirit: magic & alchemy


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.

Introduction; The Formative Years; Early Occult Interests; Into the Thirties; Into the Forties; Bedford Park; Independent Spirit; Cornwall (Arrival); Cornwall (Activities 1959-1971); Cornwall (activities Post-1971); Poetry; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

"...an excellent addition to the growing collection of books produced by Mandrake covering the interconnection of magick and surrealism." -- Soror Chamos, Avalonia, November 2007.