
$81.10
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2014
Summary
Mary Fedden (1915-2012) is one of Britain’s most popular artists. The focus of this acclaimed book is the artist’s creative process in various different media - oil, gouache, pencil and collage.
While Fedden is often considered almost exclusively a still-life painter, still life was far from being her only preoccupation, as this book shows. Fantasy and imagination always also played a strong part, as is particularly evident in her small gouaches. A quietly surreal, enigmatic streak ru…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848221543 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848221541 |
| Author: | Christopher Andreae |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 1.03kg |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 439mm x 125mm |
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Critics Review
‘This book is a delight…’ RA Magazine ‘A well rounded and comprehensive book … There are an admirable number of high quality reproductions, giving an overview to the remarkable scope of the artist which will please fans of the artist as well as those not yet familiar with Fedden’s ubiquitous work.’ Antiques Magazine ‘ … this is a book to delight Fedden’s many friends and admirers … [Andreae’s] sensitive, intelligent book deepens our understanding of the subtleties of [Fedden’s] art - and its unexpected variety.’ House & Garden 2007 ‘ … perceptive and sympathetic text … ’ . EDP Sunday Magazine ‘This gloriously illustrated book does much to reveal the multi-faceted nature of her work, highlighting her use of different media from oils to collage.’ BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine, June 2014
About The Author
Christopher Andreae
Christopher Andreae wrote about art from the early 1960s onwards, in books and shorter pieces of journalism. He is the author of Joan Eardley (2013), Mary Newcomb (1996 and 2007), A Word or Two (a collection of essays published in 2004) and Winifred Nicholson (2009).
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