VINCENT, ADRIAN - 100 Years of Traditional British Painting

David & Charles 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0715394460. First edition, large format, 96 pages illustrated with colour plates. Fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. This is a guide through the fashions of the last 100 years of British painting spiced with details of the artists. It relates the problems faced by the modern marine artist - why he finds no inspiration in modern ships - and explains why representational art has remained supreme in the face of Cubism, Futurism, Impressionism and Pop Art. The book includes some 70 colour plates.. Fine .