Kemp Ellen M (4 results)

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.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin books (Series) ; E37. Physical description: 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Arts Council of Great Britain. Painting technique. Art ; Exhibitions. Painting, European, 14th-20th century. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin books (Series) ; E37. Physical description: 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Arts Council of Great Britain. Painting technique. Art ; Exhibitions. Painting, European, 14th-20th century. 1 Kg.

Card. Condition: Fair. This book "represents. the exhibition of the same title suggested and organized in 1944 for the British Institute of Adult Education and C. E. M. A. (now the Arts Council of Great Britain) by Ellen M. Kemp and designed by H. Ruhemann"--Page 2. DJ. DJ torn on top spine and worn at edges; foxing to inside FEP. 84 pages.