University of Sussex
Browse

File(s) not publicly available

Vernet’s dance hall: Walter Sickert / Daily mirror

book
posted on 2023-06-08, 20:32 authored by Bethan StevensBethan Stevens
The second edition of The Nobile Folios is prefaced by Wendy Baron, the prime authority on Walter Sickert’s work and life. Vernet’s Dance Hall was painted by Sickert during the winter of 1920-21, most probably in Dieppe, and presents Sickert at his most ambiguous. Clues are virtually nonexistent, shapes are eccentric. Wendy Baron suggests that the painting does not depend on our understanding of the subject, and that it is much more interesting if it is seen as a gateway to the intriguing insights it affords into the uncompromising objectivity of Sickert’s eye and his mischievous intelligence. It is these qualities that Bethan Stevens addresses so successfully in her short story ‘Daily Mirror’. Presented as a set of letters written to The Daily Mirror by ‘an Appreciator’ of the paper, a haunting story unravels that says as much about the early 20th century music halls as Sickert’s painting.

History

Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Sylph Editions

Pages

32.0

ISBN

9780956509246

Series

The Noble Folios

Department affiliated with

  • English Publications

Full text available

  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • No

Contributors

Wendy Baron

Legacy Posted Date

2015-04-14

Usage metrics

    University of Sussex (Publications)

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC