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History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950
Josephine Walpole
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Description for History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950
Hardcover. Sets the scene with a brief introduction to floral art world wide and concentrates on British flower painting in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This book also gives the biographical details of more than 970 British flower painters from 1650-1950 including their specialities, awards, exhibitions an bibliographical details. Num Pages: 240 pages, 90 col., 170 b.&w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFC; AGNB; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 290 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1534.
British flower painting has its own unique, if relatively recent, history, but it can only be judged in the light of the wider history of the subject and by comparison with other, particularly European, countries. The first chapter of A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters, therefore, sets the scene with a brief introduction to floral art world wide before the next four chapters concentrate on British flower painting in the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The dictionary provides the biographical details of almost 1,000 British flower painters, offering information regarding their specialities, awards and exhibitions.
British flower painting has its own unique, if relatively recent, history, but it can only be judged in the light of the wider history of the subject and by comparison with other, particularly European, countries. The first chapter of A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters, therefore, sets the scene with a brief introduction to floral art world wide before the next four chapters concentrate on British flower painting in the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The dictionary provides the biographical details of almost 1,000 British flower painters, offering information regarding their specialities, awards and exhibitions.
Product Details
Publisher
Antique Collectors' Club Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
1533g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851495047
SKU
V9781851495047
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99-15
About Josephine Walpole
Josephine Walpole trained privately under the late Stuart Somerville, from whom she learnt not only to paint, but also much of the philosophy and history of art and artists. She subsequently ran her own gallery for over twenty years which further qualified her to write on the subject. Ten further books by her include Kenneth Webb: A Life in Colour ... Read more
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