{"product_id":"9781914902055-lesson-in-art-life","title":"A Lesson in Art and Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Colourful World of Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines\u003cbr\u003eRevised and updated paperback edition of this acclaimed biography of a unique couple who were hugely influential across the spheres of art, gardening and cookery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCedric Morris (1889-1982) and Arthur Lett-Haines (known as Lett) (1894-1978) were an extraordinary couple who were at the centre of the Modern British art scene and were hugely influential across the spheres of gardening and cookery as well as art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter studying in Paris in the 1920s, they moved to London, where they gave fabulous parties attended by the cream of creative London. Morris became a sought-after painter of flowers, birds and landscapes, while Lett was hailed as Britain's first Surrealist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they founded the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Benton End in Suffolk, attended by Lucian Freud and Maggi Hambling, where the atmosphere was described as \"robust and coarse, exquisite and sensitive all at once, also faintly dangerous\". Lett ran the school and was a superb cook who swapped recipes with Elizabeth David. Cedric Morris became an award-winning plantsman and poppy and iris breeder. He was an acknowledged influence on many gardeners, including Beth Chatto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis biography, revised and updated in this paperback edition, is a fascinating portrait of a unique couple who were hugely influential across the spheres of gardening and cookery as well as art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40772743233633,"sku":"9781914902055","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34653267.jpg?v=1749063331","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914902055-lesson-in-art-life","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}