Author(s): Kisler Mary

Art | Aotearoa New Zealand Non-Fiction

When Frances Hodgkins, our most celebrated artist, first left New Zealand in 1901, location became a key factor in her determination to succeed as an artist. In this engaging book, curator Mary Kisler follows in Hodgkins' footsteps through England, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Wales to discover the locations in which Hodgkins constantly pushed her exploration of modernism.

Warm, insightful, fresh, expert and richly illustrated with more than 70 artworks, this handsome book sheds new light on Hodgkins' life, art and social milieu.

Review: 'Massey University Press is giving the established players in New Zealand art publishing some stiff competition with their elegantly produced and beautiful books. Even before diving into Mary Kisler's Finding Frances Hodgkins, it's a gorgeous wee thing, conveniently sized for reading on the bus or, appropriately enough, to put in a suitcase and go travelling even further afield. ... Kisler writes with a light touch and includes herself in the narrative without being intrusive, in such a way that getting to know her is a natural and pleasant component of the text and doesn't distract from Fanny H. at all. ... It's also handsomely illustrated with reproductions of Hodgkins' paintings (kudos for keeping those tricky colour values true), illustrative material and Kisler's snaps of the scenery as it is today. I love it. - Andrew Paul Wood, EyeContact

Contents: Contents Introduction 6 01 Caudebec-en-Caux France 18 02 Les Andelys and Dinan France 26 03 Tangier and Tetouan Morocco 30 04 Mantua Italy 46 05 San Remo Italy 50 06 Nice France 58 07 St Paul du Var/ St-Paul-de-Vence France 62 08 St Jeannet France 76 09 Antibes France 88 10 St Tropez France 94 11 Marseilles France 110 12 Cassis France 118 13 Martigues France 130 14 Avignon France 138 15 Paris France 146 16 Penzance and St Ives England 166 17 Bodinnick England 196 18 Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool England 206 19 Ibiza Spain 338 20 Tossa de Mar Spain 270 21 London England 304 22 Meifod, Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Clun Wales and England 322 23 Ponterwyd, Llangurig and Dolaucothi Wales 330 24 Solva, Middle Mill, Abereiddi and Porthgain Wales 336 25 Worth Matravers, Swanage and Kimmeridge England 348 26 Cerne Abbas England 360 27 Corfe England 370 28 Bradford-on-Tone England 382 Afterword 394 Map 400 Notes 402 Bibliography 413 Acknowledgements 420