Author: SMITH, MATTHEW
Title: Matthew Smith: Fifty Two Colour Plates
Description: London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1962. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Matthew Smith. Publisher's full red linen boards, with robin's egg blue lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 52 full-color plates of works by Matthew Smith. Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (1879-1959) was a British painter of nudes, still-life and landscape. He studied design at the Manchester School of Art and art at the Slade School of Art. Smith studied under Henri Matisse in Paris and acquired an interest in Fauvism. During World War I, he was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1949, Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was knighted in 1954. He married Gwen Salmond and their relationship broke up when he entered into an affair with Vera Cuningham. Smith lived, worked, and exhibited in England and France. Dust Jacket has some wear at top and sides of spines; otherwise the book is very bright and clean, as are all of the plates. VERY GOOD+/GOOD+.. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 52, (v) pp. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Art Reproductions; Artists; Sir Matthew Smith; Art History; Painting; Nudes; Landscapes; Art, Antiques & Photography Biography & Memoir Painting
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Title: Matthew Smith: Fifty Two Colour Plates
Description: London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1962. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Matthew Smith. Publisher's full red linen boards, with robin's egg blue lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 52 full-color plates of works by Matthew Smith. Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (1879-1959) was a British painter of nudes, still-life and landscape. He studied design at the Manchester School of Art and art at the Slade School of Art. Smith studied under Henri Matisse in Paris and acquired an interest in Fauvism. During World War I, he was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1949, Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was knighted in 1954. He married Gwen Salmond and their relationship broke up when he entered into an affair with Vera Cuningham. Smith lived, worked, and exhibited in England and France. Dust Jacket has some wear at top and sides of spines; otherwise the book is very bright and clean, as are all of the plates. VERY GOOD+/GOOD+.. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 52, (v) pp. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Art Reproductions; Artists; Sir Matthew Smith; Art History; Painting; Nudes; Landscapes; Art, Antiques & Photography Biography & Memoir Painting
Price: US$ 55.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 24630
- Book number: 24630
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