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The Michael O'Connell The Lost Modernist

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Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography: general
Audience: General/trade ; College/higher education
Publisher: Melbourne Books
Imprint: Melbourne Books
Publication Date: 1/11/2011
Place of Publication: Australia

RRP: $49.95
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Michael O'Connell: The Lost Modernist is a beautifully produced book that documents the life and work of this major figure in AngloAustralian design history. Born in Cumbria in 1898 Michael O'Connell saw action on the Western Front in WWI before moving to Australia in 1920. Over the following 17 years he became a critical member of the burgeoning Modernist movement in Melbourne primarily through his innovative and dynamic textiles. First exhibited in 1930 his hand blockprinted fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design, which at the time was an entirely amateur affair, and laid the foundations of its future development. On his return to the UK in 1937, O'Connell became a key figure in contemporary textile design, producing fabrics for Edinburgh Weavers in 1938 and then for Heals during the 1940s and 1950s.