The Sitwells

The Sitwells (Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell) were three siblings, who formed an identifiable literary and artistic clique around themselves in London in the period roughly 1916 to 1930. This was marked by some well-publicised events, the most prominent of which was probably William Walton's Facade, with its public debut in 1923. All three Sitwells wrote; for a while their circle was considered by some to rival Bloomsbury, though others dismissed them as attention-seekers rather than serious artists.

Reference

The Sitwells

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published by the National Portrait Gallery to accompany the exhibition 'The Sitwells and the arts of the 1920's and 1930's'

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hardback ISBN 1 855 140 X; paperback ISBN 1 85514 141 8

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