The artist at work.

Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951

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Ruhemann, Helmut / Kemp, Ellen M. The artist at work. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951, "First Published 1951", 72pp., sewn oblong PAPERBACK, good used copy, cover worn around edges, sewing of signatures is a bit weak at about page 16, but it remains a fun book to read, with short notes on differences in side-by-side illustrations covering various techniques and approaches. CONTENTS: Influences: Environment and task -- Artistic tradition -- Personality: Creative impulse -- Training -- The work of art: Inspiration -- Planning -- Style -- Optical principles -- Preliminary studies -- Tricks of the trade -- Sketch -- Finished picture -- The work in progress -- Watercolour -- Pastel -- Texture -- Main types of painting techniques -- Milestones -- Decline -- Recovery -- The French impressionists -- The neo-impressionists -- The post-impressionists -- Cézanne and eclectics -- Contemporary British painters -- Contemporary continental painters -- Some misconceptions.

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Title
The artist at work.
Author
Ruhemann, Helmut / Kemp, Ellen M.
Publisher
Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951
Binding
Soft cover

Steven Wolfe Books

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