PETER DEWINT 1784-1849: For the Common Observer of Life and Nature

LORD, Peter (Editor); BOWER, Peter; CHESHIRE, Jim; ELLIS, John; LORD, John; WAITES, Ian; DEWINT, Harriet

ISBN 10: 0853319375 / ISBN 13: 9780853319375

Published by Aldershot Lund Humphries 2007, 2007

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FIRST EDITION Square 4to. brown clothbound hardback, gilt, with dust jacket. 208pp. with colour and b/w illustrations. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Includes loose Exhibition Guide. Dust Jacket has not been price-clipped. VG/VG. (Shelf 25) ISBN: 9780853319375 PLEASE NOTE: Heavy BOOK (1.5kg +) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PETER DEWINT 1784-1849: For the Common Observer of Life and Nature
• Publisher: Aldershot Lund Humphries 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853319375
• ISBN 13: 9780853319375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Peter DeWint (1784-1849), was a major proponent of the early nineteenth-century watercolour tradition. While his links with others such as the Monro Circle, David Cox and John Constable have been discussed, little has been revealed of the painter's life and wider influences that directed his career as a landscape painter. Drawing together up-to-date scholarship, Peter DeWint (1784-1849): 'For the common observer of life and nature' re-presents and re-evaluates the artist and his work, so offering a reassessment of his approach to painting and his contribution to British art history. It seeks to locate DeWint within the changing attitudes and ideas in painting of the period and to highlight how key historical changes such as agrarian reform helped shape his career. It reveals, too, hitherto neglected facets of the painter's work including his interest in architectural subjects, his use of Creswick papers and his posthumous reputation. Featuring a full reprint of his wife's memoir, Peter DeWint (1784-1849): 'For the common observer of life and nature' will provide a major reappraisal of the artist's life and career.

About the Author

Dr John Lord is a Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, Lincoln School of Art and Design, University of Lincoln. Peter Bower is a forensic paper historian and paper analyst and Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Advanced Studies, University of London. Dr Jim Cheshire is Lecturer in the History of Art and Design, Lincoln School of Art and Design, University of Lincoln. John Ellis is a Graduate Social Scientist currently researching Peter DeWint's Lincolnshire landscapes and is author of numerous publications on the artist including A Topographical Landscape by Peter DeWint OWS (1784-1849): The Cultural and Socio-Economic Context and Peter DeWint, Walter Christaller and the Carrier's Cart. Ian Waites is a Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader in the History of Art and Design, Lincoln School of Art and Design, University of Lincoln. John Lord, Ian Waites, John Ellis, Jim Cheshire, Peter Bower