Travelling Artist (4) - Couverture rigide

Russell, James; Mainstone, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0955277787 ISBN 13 : 9780955277788

Editeur : The Mainstone Press, 2012

Synopsis

Ravilious in Pictures: A Travelling Artist is the fourth in a series of books celebrating the life and work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42). This volume features twenty-two pictures, each of which is both an exquisite painting in its own right and part of something bigger: the artist's idiosyncratic study of Britain in the 1930s. Although Ravilious often completed paintings in his studio, with the help of pencilled notes, his pictures invariably began as a sketch of a real place, at a partiar time of day - often dawn, or soon after - and in whatever weather conditions the moment offered. The quest for new subjects took Ravilious around Britain and beyond, on a decade-long journey of discovery that was interrupted only by his death on active service as a war artist. Inspired by places as diverse as Dungeness in Kent and the Welsh valley of Capel-y-ffin, Ravilious also sought out unusual subjects, like the Greenwich Observatory, and strange perspectives, such as the w from inside the Belle Tout lighthouse. Following his habit of painting in series he drew the ports of Bristol and Rye, Newhaven and Le Havre; he painted lifeboats and pilot boats and the picturesque interiors of dockside inns. Each painting depicts a partiar aspect of a fascinating place and each is accompanied by a concise essay which explores the location further, introducing characters and stories hidden behind the scenes. Taken as a whole, the twenty-two watercolours in this volume provide a uniquely compelling portrait of Britain in the years before World War II. Ravilious in Pictures: A Travelling Artist is a companion to Sussex and the Downs (2009), The War Paintings (2010) and A Country Life (2011). Together, the books form an intimate portrait of the artist and his world - a life in pictures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Mainstone Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955277787
• ISBN 13: 9780955277788
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Ravilious Eric William
• Nombre de pages: 48
• Éditeur: Mainstone Tim
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible