Publisher's Synopsis
The career of Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) encompassed many aspects of late Victorian and Edwardian culture, including book and theatre design and art criticism, painting and sculpture. He was a key figure in the artistic and literary world of his day and featured amongst his friends Yeats, Laurence Housman, Thomas Sturge Moore and Gordon Bottomley. He designed theatrical productions by Wilde, Yeats and Shaw, and was the lifelong companion of the painter Charles Shannon.;This biographical study draws on a wide range of sources to reveal a man of strong opinions and artistic conviction, noted for his wit, generosity and versatility. It provides an analysis of the man in relation to his art and the culture of his times.
