Evan Walters: Moments of Vision

Barry Plummer (ed)

ISBN 10: 1854115421 / ISBN 13: 9781854115423

Published by Seren, 2011

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Synopsis:

Evan Walters (1893-1951) is perhaps the great OP secret of Welsh painting in the twentieth century, an outstanding artist awaiting discovery further afield.

This book presents, for the first time, a generous selection of colour reproductions of his paintings – portraits, landscapes, still lives – with a short biography of the artist. However, the bulk of the book is taken up by a host of responses to Walters's work by leading artists and writers, including Shani Rhys James, Iwan Bala, Tim Davies, Mary Lloyd Jones, Jan Morris, Twm Morys, Rowan Williams, Dannie Abse, Byron Beynon, Wynn Thomas, Nigel Jenkins, Prys Morgan, Peter Stead, Karen Ingham, Aneirin Jones, Gladys Cour, Trevor Fishlock, Jon Gower, John Barnie and Peter Finch. The result peels away the layers from both Walters and his respondents, and becomes a fascinating commentary on creativity and inspiration.

All royalties are being donated to the Noah's Ark Appeal for a children's hospital in Wales.

Barry Plummer is a former journalist from south Wales who became an art historian, via a doctorate at the Courtauld Institute. He has lectured in Art History in south Wales for the last ten years, currently at Swansea Metropolitan University. He is the author of a history of the School of Art in Swansea and is currently preparing a full-length biography of Evan Walters.

About the Author: Barry Plummer is an independent researcher of Welsh art. He was awarded a doctorate in 2006 from the University of Wales for his thesis on the life and work of Evan Walters.He has a degree in Visual Art and studied the history of art as a post- graduate at the Courtauld Institute. Between 1999 and 2010 he lectured on Art History at Trinity College, Carmarthen, University of Wales, Swansea and Swansea Metropolitan University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Evan Walters: Moments of Vision
Publisher: Seren
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good