Author: THOMAS, FLORENCE & ROBERT FRANKLIN
Title: The Art of Florence Thomas
Description: Jefferson, North Carolina: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub, 2004. First Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 0786418850. Illustrated by Florence Thomas. Hard cover is dark blue with gold lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. Exhaustively illustrated with dozens of color illustrations on many topics, including some half-tones. "Florence Thomas, a native of the Grassy Creek comunity of Ashe County, N. C, born in 1909, has been painting most of her life. She began her career at the Moore Institute of Art, Science and Industry in Philadelphia, and now in her 90s [sic, died 2007] , continues to paint the landscapes, still lifes, rural scenes and farm animals that have brought her renown. This book....reproductions of 124 of her paintings. Each painting is accompanied by remarks from the author of her intentions and technique". She continued to seek professional art instruction, traveling along the eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida and, at one point, studied with Carolyn Wyeth, sister of Andrew, in Chadd’s Ford, PA. Florence is known for her impressionistic style, probably influenced by the time spent with Carolyn. Critiquing herself, Florence said, “I don’t put much detail in my paintings because if you tell everything you know about something and just load it with detail, it’s like a person that gossips and talks too much, you don’t allow the viewer to enter into the picture. ” She painted hundreds of paintings, capturing the soul and the mystery, and ultimately the comfort, of common things—farm animals, flowers, landscapes. Her paintings convey a certain mood, vivid color, and warmth that draw the viewer into a sense of ease and familiarity. Upon her death, Florence provided the means to establish a non-profit art school in Ashe County, thus continuing her legacy of providing quality instruction in the arts. List of major exhibitions; index. ; Color Illustrations; 8 3/4 x 11; 144 pages; Cover has slight bumping; inside front cover is a label of printing instructions for this 'dummy copy'. DJ has minor rubbing; in a mylar cover.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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