Beam Philip 1910 2005 Charles Lowell (1 results)

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page). xxii, 282 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16.25cm. White dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bumping and a few scuffs at edges; minor closed tear at front panel's top left; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Blue cloth spine with vibrant gilt stamped lettering; mustard cloth boards. Dark yellow top edge; Swath of brown marker (remainder mark?) on text block's bottom edge adjacent to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Foreword by Charles Lowell Homer, Preface, Acknowledgements, ninety-two b/w illustrations (including frontispiece portrait), Appendix, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Features six chapters titled as: "The Years of Preparation, 1836-1881; An Introduction;" "An Artist at the Crossroads; Tynemouth, 1881-1882;" "Maturity at Prout's Neck, 1883-1889;" "The Nineties; The Peak of a Career;" "The Man and the Artist;" and "The Final Decade, 1900-1910." Beam's biography remains an excellent study of Homer's career and, in particular, his years at Prout's Neck, Maine where the rugged scenery provided the inspiration for many of the artist's stunning seascapes. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {ArtShelf-#2}.