Leon Underwood's book, Art for Heaven's Sake: Notes on the Philosophy of Art To-Day (1934), is an artistic manifesto and philosophical study arguing against abstract art and advocating for the importance of subject matter and communication in art, inspired by "primitive" art forms.
‘The Artist is the sower who casts about him original thought, woven out of his intuition and imagination, and when the conditions are right, germination takes place. The artist is the sower who at the harvest time is over the horizon – on his way to sow new ground.’ (Leon Underwood, ‘Art for Heaven’s Sake’, 1934).
Title: Art for Heaven’s Sake
Authors: Leon Underwood
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication Date: 1934
Designer: Leon Underwood (ills)
Format: softcover
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 17 pp.
Language: English
Condition:Very good
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05030 GAL 212
Leon Underwood's book, Art for Heaven's Sake: Notes on the Philosophy of Art To-Day (1934), is an artistic manifesto and philosophical study arguing against abstract art and advocating for the importance of subject matter and communication in art, inspired by "primitive" art forms.
‘The Artist is the sower who casts about him original thought, woven out of his intuition and imagination, and when the conditions are right, germination takes place. The artist is the sower who at the harvest time is over the horizon – on his way to sow new ground.’ (Leon Underwood, ‘Art for Heaven’s Sake’, 1934).
Title: Art for Heaven’s Sake
Authors: Leon Underwood
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication Date: 1934
Designer: Leon Underwood (ills)
Format: softcover
Images: illustrated in b/w
Pages: 17 pp.
Language: English
Condition:Very good
Provenance: The Library of Rod Hill
Stock Number: RB05030 GAL 212
