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Author: Harriet Edquist
After serving on the Western Front in WWI, Michael O'Connell moved to Australia in 1920. Over the next 17 years he became a critical member of Melbourne's Modernist movement, primarily through his dynamic textiles. His hand block printed fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design and laid the foundations for its future. This volume discusses over 100 works from Australian and British collections within the context of 20th century design history and the framework of O’Connell’s life.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 duringthe 1940s and 1950s. He was involved in a number of progressive government-initiated projects for schools and public institutionsin the optimistic years of post-war Britain, including the celebrated wall hangings for the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the 1960s until his death in 1976 O’Connell kept pace with contemporary art practice from his studio-home in Perry Green Hertfordshire, producing large-scale, innovative ‘textile murals’ in his unique combination of batik and resist dyeing.
ISBN 9781877096389. Melbourne Books. pb. 256 pages. 30 x 25 cm.
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After serving on the Western Front in WWI, Michael O'Connell moved to Australia in 1920. Over the next 17 years he became a critical member of Melbourne's Modernist movement, primarily through his dynamic textiles. His hand block printed fabrics revolutionised Australian textile design and laid the foundations for its future. This volume discusses over 100 works from Australian and British collections within the context of 20th century design history and the framework of O’Connell’s life.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 duringthe 1940s and 1950s. He was involved in a number of progressive government-initiated projects for schools and public institutionsin the optimistic years of post-war Britain, including the celebrated wall hangings for the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the 1960s until his death in 1976 O’Connell kept pace with contemporary art practice from his studio-home in Perry Green Hertfordshire, producing large-scale, innovative ‘textile murals’ in his unique combination of batik and resist dyeing.
ISBN 9781877096389. Melbourne Books. pb. 256 pages. 30 x 25 cm.
available