A selection of photographs from the UK and Europe. Categories include Flora, Fauna, Landscapes, Architecture and Details.

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As well as telling for the first time the story of Hewitt Henry Rayner - probably the 20th century's most prolific drypoint etcher - this biography also provides fresh insights into the personality of Walter Sickert, observed during a friendship that lasted almost a decade. Matthew Sturgis, noted Sickert expert, has contributed the Foreword to this biography. He commented: This book adds many things to the record of Sickert s life, his working practices, his teaching methods, his work-spaces, and his character. It will be a useful and enduring addition to the story of early Twentieth Century British art. Australian-born Hewitt Henry Rayner came to England in 1923 at the age of 21 to study art, fell in love with London (and Chelsea in particular), and stayed for the rest of his life. He won a place at the Royal Academy Schools in 1925, where Sickert was a visiting teacher. The two struck up a friendship and saw each other regularly at Sickert s homes and studios, in cafes and restaurants, and sometimes sketching together in London locations. Sickert was a generous friend and mentor to Rayner, who assiduously noted down the things his master did and said. These first-hand reminiscences form a significant strand of the book. Other figures from London s artistic and literary worlds of the 1920s and 1930s who appear in the Rayner story include Augustus John, Nina Hamnett, Ethel Mannin, Yoshio Markino, Charles Sims, Dame Ethel Walker and Philip Wilson Steer. Unusually, and against Sickert s advice, Rayner chose drypoint etching as his principal medium, and from 1926 on adopted Henry Rayner as his professional name. Between 1926 and 1945 he produced what is quite probably the largest body of original drypoint etchings by any 20th century artist. Over 500 plates are known, most in his distinctive Impressionistic style. Most of the plates have survived. Although Rayner has been largely forgotten since his death in 1957, there are numerous institutions that hold examples of his drypoints. These include the V&A, the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Collection at Windsor, as well as many regional galleries in Britain and major galleries in Australia and New Zealand. This biography charts Rayner s struggle to earn a living as an artist in the face of an economic depression, ill health, serious war injuries and - as he saw it - cold-shouldering by the British art establishment. It is rich in detail, thanks in part to a large archive of the artist s unpublished autobiographical manuscripts, notebooks, essays and correspondence, discovered recently. Some 95 examples of Rayner s work are reproduced in the book, together with 70 photographs, making it an important reference work on this neglected artist.

Throughout time man has admired the fleeting moments of exquisiteness and in his efforts to capture those moments he has painted upon thousands of canvas the innocence of beauty that he sees. Virtually in an effort to capture the very essence of life as it flows through time he has translated what he sees into vibrant colors to stimulate all the senses of ones own being. In sharp contrast an artist may choose conflicting lines to portray the starkness between day and night. This book Art L'Amour Sensuel illustrates some of the greatest art work by master artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir as depicted on the cover, painted to recreate the splendor and beauty of the female body, heart and mind. Within this book is art that spans over hundreds of years and has brought the world the humblest of creations, yet so inflexible to paint and master. Art L'Amour Sensuel is devoted to those in the art world that recognize the creation of beauty, the simplest of moments, beginning of life which all civilizations around the world highly prize. Welcome to Art L'Amour Sensuel The Masters Collection of art.

Even though, this book is categorized as a children's book, it is timeless and ageless because the underlying theme of the book is love; teaches children at a very early age of the positive effect love has in their everyday lives. This beautifully, delicately and highly sensitively illustrated book shows the exquisite taste and inner joy of the love the artist has toward the world. It wakes up feelings inside when staring at the elegant artwork. So mush detail, time, and care into each page The illustrations and text are etchings made on individual cooper plates where a needle is used to draw into wax ground applied over the copper plate. The plate is then submerged in acid bath which bites only into the exposed parts of the metal surface. The wax is removed, ink is forced into the etched depressions, the unetched surfaces are wiped, and an impression is printed with a special printing press. After the print is produced, the artist water colors each print by hand. The style appeals not only to the eyes, but also to the feelings inside the heart. It seems to calm and comfort, while bringing up feelings of excitement and wonder... Time to start exploring and to make this a better world for everyone in it.

C.R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946) is regarded as one of the finest British printmakers of the first half of the twentieth century - admired by contemporaries and modern-day viewers in equal measure. Yet despite this assured reputation, nothing substantial has been published on his remarkable printmaking career until now. Nevinson began creating prints in 1916, only stopping, due to ill health, in 1932. During this period he produced 148 prints, all of which reflecting his distinct vision and outstanding skills as a printmaker. Providing historical and social insights, his body of work is impressive in its range - images depicting the horrors of the First World War sit alongside contrasting cityscapes which present Nevinson's singular interpretation of Paris, New York and London. Drawing on original archival research and including a catalogue raisonne of Nevinson's prints, this unrivalled resource stands as a landmark publication in the literature available on this outstanding British modernist. It is an essential reference volume for all those who collect, sell or study Nevinson's prints and also provides much needed context for those with a general interest in the artist and the period in which he worked.

This book has character profiles from 1994 & 2004 and illustrations from 2004-2012. It includes covers, illustrations from the books, and original artwork never seen before. Creator Crystal Selness has every piece of artwork she made for the series, including pencil drawings and colored pencil illustrations. This double-page book is perfect as an addiction to the series or for any art lover's collection. Finally art for Lachymal Chronicles Enjoy Please visit www.crystalselnessbooks.vpweb.com for more books, Thanks.

Twelve portraits of women by artist Audrey Hergert.

a coloring book for 18 and older. FUN/FUNNY

The blend of music, dance, acrobatics and fantastic costuming called Kabuki has been a major theatrical form in Japan for nearly 400 years. Their greatest artists depicted the famous Kabuki actors, and by the 19th century thousands of these woodblock prints were themselves a form of entertainment, much like magazines and posters came to be in our modern age. As the craze for Japanese art and design in Europe peaked in the 19th century, National Museums Scotland was able to acquire about 4,000 of these splendid prints. They are by Japan's most celebrated artists - all of whom are represented in this book - Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuninao, Utagawa Toyokuni, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Hokuei, Kunisada II, Toyohara Kunichika, and Adachi Ginko. It was published to coincide with an exhibition that opened in October of 2013 in Scotland and collectors of Japanese art as well as the general public will be enthralled by the images, most of which have never been seen before.