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Invitation to review Pattern Making for Schools
1959
Three letters concerning the book 'Pattern Making for Schools' by Tom Gourdie. Typewritten letter from Graham Glastonbury to Maurice de Sausmarez dated 20 April 1959, informing him that a copy of the ...
Daphne M. Clifford to Maurice de Sausmarez
10 Mar 1965
Handwritten letter from Daphne M. Clifford to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that she had read his book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' and become conscious of the changes in art education s...
N.C. Willey to Maurice de Sausmarez
24 Jul 1965
Handwritten letter from N.C. Willey to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that she had spent a few months at Leeds College of Art in 1960 and became familiar with the Basic Course there. She had tried to ap...
Kenneth Clark to Maurice de Sausmarez
6 Jul 1962
Typewritten letter from the art historian Kenneth Clark to Maurice de Sausmarez, making arrangements for students from Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting to visit Clark's home, Saltwood Castle i...
Mollie C. King to Maurice de Sausmarez
17 Nov 1966
Handwritten letter from Mollie C. King, Workers Educational Association at Brookmans Park, to Maurice de Sausmarez, enclosing a copy of a typewritten essay titled 'Before the Renaissance in Italy', wh...
Margaret Pilkington to Maurice de Sausmarez
1945-1964
One typewritten letter and two handwritten letters from Margaret Pilkington, honorary director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, to Maurice de Sausmarez, praising his pamphlet 'Look this Way' and adding h...
John Lewis to Maurice de Sausmarez
24 Nov 1962
Typewritten letter from John Lewis, an editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, asking about the rough ideas for his book and inviting him to lunch on 17 December. In a handwritten postscript ...
John Lewis to Maurice de Sausmarez
7 Jan 1963
Typewritten letter from John Lewis, an editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, enclosing a copy of the 'Basic Course in Art' book [not enclosed], which Lewis does not think is very good. He h...
Virginia Burdon to Maurice de Sausmarez
1967-1968
Two typewritten letters from Virginia Burdon, an editor at Marshall Cavendish Ltd., to Maurice de Sausmarez, concerning his essay 'How to Visit an Art Gallery', which was published in 'Mind Alive' in ...
E.A. Blackburn to Maurice de Sausmarez
26 Oct 1967
Typewritten letter from E.A. Blackburn of Walthamstow Hall to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking him for his lecture on modern painting and communicating the enthusiasm of the students. She encloses a che...
Mary Pettingale to Maurice de Sausmarez
4 Feb 1966
Handwritten letter from Mary Pettingale to Maurice de Sausmarez, communicating how much she enjoyed her visit to the National Gallery and describing paintings by Cézanne and Monet. She describes her ...
Herbert Read and Margaret 'Ludo' Read to Maurice de Sausmarez
1956-1962
One handwritten letter from Margaret 'Ludo' Read (née Ludwig) to Maurice de Sausmarez dated 4 December 1956, apologising for the delay to her reply and that they will not be able to visit (likely a r...