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The Incomplete Circle

Eric Atkinson, Art and Education
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Eric (Ricky) Atkinson was born in Hartlepool but has lived in Ontario for much of his life. He is recognised as an important Canadian landscape painter, but equally significant is his work as an art educator, stemming from his years as a teacher on the Basic Course at Leeds College of Art in the 1950s and 1960s. The premise of this course was not the transfer of skill but the discovery of new aesthetic territories through freedoms of self-expression. David Lewis, architect, writer and teacher, was himself a student on the Basic Course. This volume contains a spirited exchange of letters between Ricky Atkinson and David Lewis, and an array of English, Canadian and American artists and teacher friends, which offers an insight into the creative processes at the heart of art education over the last 40 years of the 20th century. It is illustrated with reproductions of work by Ricky Atkinson, and other comparative material. A limited edition of 75 copies is also available, which includes an original drawing prepared and signed by the artist.
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Contents: Introduction, David Lewis; Letter 1: Eric Atkinson to David Lewis; Letter 2: Daivd Lewis to Eric Atkinson; Letter 3: Eric Atkinson to David Lewis; Letter 4: Eric Atkinson to Norbert Lynton; Letter 5: Daivd Lewis to Norbert Lynton; Letter 6: Eric Atkinson to David Lewis; Letter 7: Norbert Lynton to Davis Lewis; Letter 8 George Hainsworth to Eric Atkinson; Conversations between Terry Frost and David Lewis; Statement by Colin Philips; statement by John Davies; Letter 9: David Lewis to Peter Stead; Letter 10: Peter Stead to David Lewis; Letter 11: Eric Atkinson to Davis Lewis; Letter 12: Duncan de Kergommeaux to Eric Atkinson; Letter 13: Stephen Joy to David Lewis; Letter 14: Fred Steinmetz to David Lewis; Letter 15: Arlene Kennedy to David Lewis; the incomplete Circle: the paintings of Eric Atkinson by David Lewis; Biographical notes; Publications and films; Selected exhibitions; Selected bibliography; Public collections; Index.
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