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Stuart Sutcliffe is best known to many as the original bass player in the Beatles, touring with the band in Hamburg in 1960 and 1961. Less well-known is his interest in art. Stuart Sutcliffe: A Retrospective book charts his life as a student at the Liverpool College of Art and subsequently in Hamburg through accounts by people who knew Stuart personally. Rod Murray, Stuart's great friend at art college, provides a unique insight into their life in the city in the late 1950s, with fascinating details of the pubs and clubs they frequented, and the many flats in which they resided. Further detail is provided by Bill Harry, another art school contemporary who went on to establish the independent pop newspaper Merseybeat. Stuart's life in Hamburg is recorded through a transcribed interview with his fiance Astrid Kircherr. It was in a studio created in Astrid's mother's attic that Stuart made his famous Hamburg series abstract expressionist canvases. Art historical context is added to these contemporary accounts by essays from Bryan Biggs, who curated the last major exhibition of Stuart's work in Liverpool, and Jon Savage, the leading cultural historian. The essays are complemented with 32 colour plates illustrating key paintings and numerous additional black and white photographs showing Stuart and his contemporaries, including the Beatles. Some of the latter are unpublished.Product Identifiers
PublisherLiverpool University Press
ISBN-139781846311765
eBay Product ID (ePID)90897572
Product Key Features
Book TitleStuart Sutcliffe: a Retrospective
AuthorMatthew H. Clough, Colin Fallows
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
Number of Pages128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height297mm
Item Width210mm
Item Weight759g
Additional Product Features
EditorColin Fallows, Matthew H. Clough
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 30 Aug, 2016
Stuart Sutcliffe-A Retrospective Review.
The book was exactly what I was looking for. I had already read Pauline Sutcliffe's book "The Beatles Shadow", which was a compelling read, but focused for the most part on Stuarts relationship with the rest of the Beatles, and on music. This beautiful book is an amazing collection of Stuarts artwork, as well as being lavishly illustrated with photos of Stuarts life and the times he lived in. I was impressed with it when it arrived, and it's the type of thing you would want to keep for life. I would highly recommend the book , for anyone interested in the life, personality and artwork of Stuart Sutcliffe.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
