Tite Street in Chelsea, West London was one of the most influential artistic quarters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – a staggering amount of talent thrived in this little riverside street during the fin de siecle, from painters to writers to musicians. For Wilde, the street was full of ‘wonderful possibilities’, while for Whistler it was ‘the birthplace of art’, where a new brand of aestheticism was nurtured in his controversial White House.
The Street of Wonderful Possibilities reveals this complex history, tying together private and professional lives to form a colourful tapestry of art and intrigue, illuminating their relationships to each other, to Tite Street and to a rapidly modernising London at the fin de siècle.
Modern masterpieces in art and literature flowed from the studios and houses of Tite Street, but this bohemian enclave had a dark side as well. Here Whistler was bankrupted, Frank Miles was sent to an asylum, Wilde was imprisoned, and Peter Warlock was gassed to death. Throughout its turbulent existence, Tite Street mirrored the world around it. From the Aesthetic movement and its challenge to Victorian values, through the Edwardian struggle for women’s suffrage, to the bombs of the Blitz in the 1940s, it remained home to innumerable artists and writers, socialites and suffragettes, musicians and madmen.
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/the-street-of-wonderful-possibilities33982The Street of Wonderful Possibilitieshttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/t/h/the-street-of-wonderful-possibilies-web.jpg10.9910.99GBPInStock/Reading/All Books262<p>Tite Street in Chelsea, West London was one of the most influential artistic quarters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – a staggering amount of talent thrived in this little riverside street during the fin de siecle, from painters to writers to musicians. For Wilde, the street was full of ‘wonderful possibilities’, while for Whistler it was ‘the birthplace of art’, where a new brand of aestheticism was nurtured in his controversial White House.</p>
<p><em>The Street of Wonderful Possibilities</em> reveals this complex history, tying together private and professional lives to form a colourful tapestry of art and intrigue, illuminating their relationships to each other, to Tite Street and to a rapidly modernising London at the fin de siècle.</p> <style>#html-body [data-pb-style=MFI33TR]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}</style><div data-content-type="row" data-appearance="contained" data-element="main"><div data-enable-parallax="0" data-parallax-speed="0.5" data-background-images="{}" data-background-type="image" data-video-loop="true" data-video-play-only-visible="true" data-video-lazy-load="true" data-video-fallback-src="" data-element="inner" data-pb-style="MFI33TR"><div data-content-type="text" data-appearance="default" data-element="main"><p>Modern masterpieces in art and literature flowed from the studios and houses of Tite Street, but this bohemian enclave had a dark side as well. Here Whistler was bankrupted, Frank Miles was sent to an asylum, Wilde was imprisoned, and Peter Warlock was gassed to death. Throughout its turbulent existence, Tite Street mirrored the world around it. From the Aesthetic movement and its challenge to Victorian values, through the Edwardian struggle for women’s suffrage, to the bombs of the Blitz in the 1940s, it remained home to innumerable artists and writers, socialites and suffragettes, musicians and madmen.</p></div></div></div>00add-to-cartstore_type:ShopShopPaperback19.8 x 3 x 12.9cm9780711274525320Yes
