Master Class in Figure Drawing

Hale, Robert Beverly; Terence Coyle (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0823002241 / ISBN 13: 9780823002245

Published by NY, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1985

About this Item

4to. 144pp. Cream cloth covered boards. Edges of textblock and endpapers foxed and rubbed. Corners lightly bumped. Former owner?s name on ffep. Illustrated Dj. is chipped along edges and has a few closed tears. Lightly soiled. A 6? by 2? portion of the lower Dj. flap is missing, presumably cut out by the former owner. An in depth look at figure drawing with many B/W examples and diagrams.

Seller Inventory # 1264

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Master Class in Figure Drawing
• Publisher: NY, NY: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823002241
• ISBN 13: 9780823002245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, second printing.
• Condition: VG-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Explains how to make realistic drawings of the arms, legs, feet, hands, and other parts of the human body

About the Author

Robert Beverly Hale was Curator Emeritus of the American Painting and Sculpture Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For forty years, he was instructor of artistic anatomy at the Art Students League. He also served as Adjunct Professor of Drawing at Columbia University and Professor of Art at Cooper Union. Hale was the author of Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters and co-author of Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters. Terence Coyle teaches figure painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York and is the lecturer in Artistic Anatomy at the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts in New York City. Coyle's paintings have been highly acclaimed and are in important collections throughout the country including the Museum of the City of New York; the New York State Museum in Albany; the Museum of Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Collection; Fordham University; and, among other notables, in the collection of Ms. Helen Hayes. He co-authored with Robert Beverly Hale Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters and Albinus on Anatomy.