The first 4 issues of 3 Arts Quarterly. The Woodstock Gallery, London 1960. Incl. Cocteau, Gaudier-Brzeska, Mervyn Peake
Edited by Frederick Palmer, published by The Woodstock Gallery, London. 4 issues. Number 1 Spring 1960 - Number 4 Winter 1960.
Contents:
Number 1 Spring 1960:
Pages: 20
Condition: Very good. Some transfer of colour from red covers to first 4 pages.
Cover designed by Cecily Ben-Tovim with a single sheet of 4 drawings also by her loosely inserted. Highlights include a text by Henry Moore in support of small galleries and a text by Gio Ponti on exhibiting architecture. Contributors include Henry Moore, Stuart Holroyd, Frederick Palmer, Jeremy Robson, C Ben-Tovim, Gio Ponti, W McNeil Lowry, Lyall Watson.
Number 2 Summer 1960 :
Pages: 40
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Jeannette Jackson. Highlights include three poems by Mervyn Peake; a suite of 12 portraits by Alfred Wolmark; a poem by Jean Cocteau, with folding colour decorated facsimile of the poem; Eugene Ionesco's The Motor Show. Other contributors include 'First Steps' by Lawrence Durrell, poem by Edwin Brock,poems by Michael Horovitz and Frederick Palmer, book reviews by Kenneth Hardacre.
Number 3 Autumn 1960:
Pages: 33
Condition: Acceptable. Damp staining to several pages, pages slightly wavy
A Reverie of Bone by Mervyn Peake - the first appearance of this poem, later published in limited editions by Bertram Rota (1967) and by the Woodstock Gallery (1979). Other contributors include Theodore Roethke, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Durrell, Roger Hobdell & Arnold Wesker.
Number 4 Winter 1960:
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Mervyn Peake. Highlights include 4 drawings by Mervyn Peake, and 3 drawings by Gaudier-Brzeska accompanying a review of Ezra Pound’s 1960 memoir of GB by Kenneth Hardare.Other contributors include Ian Jackson, Paul Potts, Al Alvarez, James Schevill, Gregory Corso, Jenny Joseph, Noel Frieslich, Richard De La Mare, Lyall Watson.
Woodstock Gallery was founded by Lyall Watson. It opened on the 7th of July 1958 at 16 Woodstock Street, London, W1, and closed in 1984. According to by David Buckman’s ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945' Watson was a painter, set designer, muralist and teacher. He attended Clapham Road Arts School and Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, 1926–9, having a first solo exhibition at Piccadilly Arts Club, 1929. From 1930–6 taught physical education and art at Millbank Demonstration School; between 1935–9 was a part-time mural painter, training at City and Guilds Art School. He completed murals in Lambeth Public Library, in restaurants and for Radio London and other venues, 1935–58. In 1938 designed for Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, in 1950 the pageant Lambeth Night. Was founder, Free Painters and Sculptors, 1953, and its chairman for seven years, starting the Woodstock Gallery, 1958, where he participated in many group shows between 1960–85. In 1960 began publishing the 3 Arts Quarterly. Camden Arts Centre gave him a solo show in 1988.
Frederick Palmer was editor of 3 Arts Quarterly for at least its first 4 issues. Palmer was a painter, teacher, theatre designer and writer, born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art from 1954, being a part-time lecturer there, 1956–7. After various teaching appointments became principal lecturer in art at Furzedown and Philippa Fawcett Colleges. Among Palmer’s ventures were Poems, published by The Kit Kat Press, 1958; editorship of 3 Arts Quarterly, published by Woodstock Gallery, 1960; design of several productions for Questors Theatre in mid-1960s; a series of television programmes, including Images, Thames Television, 1973; and books, including Monoprint Techniques, published by B T Batsford, 1975. From 1958 Palmer took part in a series of mixed and solo shows. In 1976 he shared an exhibition, including landscapes in Britain and abroad, at Woodlands Art Gallery. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
Edited by Frederick Palmer, published by The Woodstock Gallery, London. 4 issues. Number 1 Spring 1960 - Number 4 Winter 1960.
Contents:
Number 1 Spring 1960:
Pages: 20
Condition: Very good. Some transfer of colour from red covers to first 4 pages.
Cover designed by Cecily Ben-Tovim with a single sheet of 4 drawings also by her loosely inserted. Highlights include a text by Henry Moore in support of small galleries and a text by Gio Ponti on exhibiting architecture. Contributors include Henry Moore, Stuart Holroyd, Frederick Palmer, Jeremy Robson, C Ben-Tovim, Gio Ponti, W McNeil Lowry, Lyall Watson.
Number 2 Summer 1960 :
Pages: 40
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Jeannette Jackson. Highlights include three poems by Mervyn Peake; a suite of 12 portraits by Alfred Wolmark; a poem by Jean Cocteau, with folding colour decorated facsimile of the poem; Eugene Ionesco's The Motor Show. Other contributors include 'First Steps' by Lawrence Durrell, poem by Edwin Brock,poems by Michael Horovitz and Frederick Palmer, book reviews by Kenneth Hardacre.
Number 3 Autumn 1960:
Pages: 33
Condition: Acceptable. Damp staining to several pages, pages slightly wavy
A Reverie of Bone by Mervyn Peake - the first appearance of this poem, later published in limited editions by Bertram Rota (1967) and by the Woodstock Gallery (1979). Other contributors include Theodore Roethke, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Durrell, Roger Hobdell & Arnold Wesker.
Number 4 Winter 1960:
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Mervyn Peake. Highlights include 4 drawings by Mervyn Peake, and 3 drawings by Gaudier-Brzeska accompanying a review of Ezra Pound’s 1960 memoir of GB by Kenneth Hardare.Other contributors include Ian Jackson, Paul Potts, Al Alvarez, James Schevill, Gregory Corso, Jenny Joseph, Noel Frieslich, Richard De La Mare, Lyall Watson.
Woodstock Gallery was founded by Lyall Watson. It opened on the 7th of July 1958 at 16 Woodstock Street, London, W1, and closed in 1984. According to by David Buckman’s ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945' Watson was a painter, set designer, muralist and teacher. He attended Clapham Road Arts School and Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, 1926–9, having a first solo exhibition at Piccadilly Arts Club, 1929. From 1930–6 taught physical education and art at Millbank Demonstration School; between 1935–9 was a part-time mural painter, training at City and Guilds Art School. He completed murals in Lambeth Public Library, in restaurants and for Radio London and other venues, 1935–58. In 1938 designed for Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, in 1950 the pageant Lambeth Night. Was founder, Free Painters and Sculptors, 1953, and its chairman for seven years, starting the Woodstock Gallery, 1958, where he participated in many group shows between 1960–85. In 1960 began publishing the 3 Arts Quarterly. Camden Arts Centre gave him a solo show in 1988.
Frederick Palmer was editor of 3 Arts Quarterly for at least its first 4 issues. Palmer was a painter, teacher, theatre designer and writer, born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art from 1954, being a part-time lecturer there, 1956–7. After various teaching appointments became principal lecturer in art at Furzedown and Philippa Fawcett Colleges. Among Palmer’s ventures were Poems, published by The Kit Kat Press, 1958; editorship of 3 Arts Quarterly, published by Woodstock Gallery, 1960; design of several productions for Questors Theatre in mid-1960s; a series of television programmes, including Images, Thames Television, 1973; and books, including Monoprint Techniques, published by B T Batsford, 1975. From 1958 Palmer took part in a series of mixed and solo shows. In 1976 he shared an exhibition, including landscapes in Britain and abroad, at Woodlands Art Gallery. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
Edited by Frederick Palmer, published by The Woodstock Gallery, London. 4 issues. Number 1 Spring 1960 - Number 4 Winter 1960.
Contents:
Number 1 Spring 1960:
Pages: 20
Condition: Very good. Some transfer of colour from red covers to first 4 pages.
Cover designed by Cecily Ben-Tovim with a single sheet of 4 drawings also by her loosely inserted. Highlights include a text by Henry Moore in support of small galleries and a text by Gio Ponti on exhibiting architecture. Contributors include Henry Moore, Stuart Holroyd, Frederick Palmer, Jeremy Robson, C Ben-Tovim, Gio Ponti, W McNeil Lowry, Lyall Watson.
Number 2 Summer 1960 :
Pages: 40
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Jeannette Jackson. Highlights include three poems by Mervyn Peake; a suite of 12 portraits by Alfred Wolmark; a poem by Jean Cocteau, with folding colour decorated facsimile of the poem; Eugene Ionesco's The Motor Show. Other contributors include 'First Steps' by Lawrence Durrell, poem by Edwin Brock,poems by Michael Horovitz and Frederick Palmer, book reviews by Kenneth Hardacre.
Number 3 Autumn 1960:
Pages: 33
Condition: Acceptable. Damp staining to several pages, pages slightly wavy
A Reverie of Bone by Mervyn Peake - the first appearance of this poem, later published in limited editions by Bertram Rota (1967) and by the Woodstock Gallery (1979). Other contributors include Theodore Roethke, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Durrell, Roger Hobdell & Arnold Wesker.
Number 4 Winter 1960:
Condition: FINE
Cover design by Mervyn Peake. Highlights include 4 drawings by Mervyn Peake, and 3 drawings by Gaudier-Brzeska accompanying a review of Ezra Pound’s 1960 memoir of GB by Kenneth Hardare.Other contributors include Ian Jackson, Paul Potts, Al Alvarez, James Schevill, Gregory Corso, Jenny Joseph, Noel Frieslich, Richard De La Mare, Lyall Watson.
Woodstock Gallery was founded by Lyall Watson. It opened on the 7th of July 1958 at 16 Woodstock Street, London, W1, and closed in 1984. According to by David Buckman’s ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945' Watson was a painter, set designer, muralist and teacher. He attended Clapham Road Arts School and Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, 1926–9, having a first solo exhibition at Piccadilly Arts Club, 1929. From 1930–6 taught physical education and art at Millbank Demonstration School; between 1935–9 was a part-time mural painter, training at City and Guilds Art School. He completed murals in Lambeth Public Library, in restaurants and for Radio London and other venues, 1935–58. In 1938 designed for Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, in 1950 the pageant Lambeth Night. Was founder, Free Painters and Sculptors, 1953, and its chairman for seven years, starting the Woodstock Gallery, 1958, where he participated in many group shows between 1960–85. In 1960 began publishing the 3 Arts Quarterly. Camden Arts Centre gave him a solo show in 1988.
Frederick Palmer was editor of 3 Arts Quarterly for at least its first 4 issues. Palmer was a painter, teacher, theatre designer and writer, born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art from 1954, being a part-time lecturer there, 1956–7. After various teaching appointments became principal lecturer in art at Furzedown and Philippa Fawcett Colleges. Among Palmer’s ventures were Poems, published by The Kit Kat Press, 1958; editorship of 3 Arts Quarterly, published by Woodstock Gallery, 1960; design of several productions for Questors Theatre in mid-1960s; a series of television programmes, including Images, Thames Television, 1973; and books, including Monoprint Techniques, published by B T Batsford, 1975. From 1958 Palmer took part in a series of mixed and solo shows. In 1976 he shared an exhibition, including landscapes in Britain and abroad, at Woodlands Art Gallery. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
