English Watercolors - An Introduction by Graham Reynolds (Art Ebook).pdf

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Er~GbISH
.
.
WATJERCOLORS"·
E
ngl
ish
artist s have mad
e
a
unique
contribution
to the art
of watercolor
painting. In no other
Western
country
has t
his
very
attractive
medium been used
so cons
iste
ntly
. o
r
for
works
of s
uc h
stature.
as
in England
betwee
n 1750
and the present
d
ay.
In
this ge
ne ral
survey of
t
he whole
peri od
,
Graham Reynold
s,
for merly
Kee
per
of
Pain
tings and
of
Prints
and
Draw ings
at the Victoria
&
A
lbert
M
useum,
discusses the paintings of over
100
a
rtists
including
the well-know
n
watercolorists
s
uc
h as Cozens, Girlin
,
Colman
a
nd
De
Wi
nt. as well 35
artis
ts
who are equa
ll
y
k
nown
for t
heir wor k in
ot
her
media
-
Gain sborough,
Turn
e
r
,
Con
stable,
Sa
rgent, He
nry Moore
.
The
'
40
illu
strations,
64 in
color, show
the
wor k
of
these
a
nd
lesse r-
know
n
art ists
and re veal the
versatility
of th
is
medi
um
,
so
the read
er
will
be
introdu
ced
to its use
fo
r
ill
ustrati
ve
caricature
a
nd
portrait
ure
as well as to the fi
nest
examples
of
trad
it iona l
landscape wa
tercolo rs.
JAC K
ET
FRONT:
Hills
and
River
(detail)
by
Thomas
Ginin .
T
H
E
TRUSTEES
OF
THE BRITISH
MUSEUM
.
JAC K
ET
BACK
:
The Artist
's
W
ife
by
Ambrose
M
CE
v
oy. T
H
E
TATE GALLERV, LON DON.
ENGLISH
WATERCOLORS
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