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American Dog at Home: the Dog Portraits of Christine Merrill (Hardcover)
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American Dog at Home: the Dog Portraits of Christine Merrill (Hardcover)
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Whether highly bred canines or loveable mixed breeds, America has
fallen in love with the dog, and who better than Christine Merrill,
America's premier pet portraitist, to chronicle this long term
relationship. As best selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford
exclaims, She has caught my Jemmy exactly; the portrait is perfect
in every way. While grounded in the traditions of 18th and 19th
century England, this Baltimore artist has over the past 20 years
created a body of work, which depicts the American dog in its own
especially American environment. Each chapter of this book features
an American dog owner who has commissioned Merrill to capture their
dog in oils, and answer the who, what, where and why's of each
collector's story, and how they came to seek out Merrill to portray
their dogs - members of the family whose portraits often supplant
the portraits of their human relatives. Each chapter is lavishly
illustrated, not only with Merrill's paintings, but also with
colour photographs of the pet owner with their American dog at
home. Merrill's paintings, executed in the centuries old style of
the great English masters of animal painting, are timeless
testaments to our love for the dog, and Americans all over the
country have chosen her to create portraits in oil of their beloved
pets. Merrill counts movie stars, authors, socialites and captains
of industry among her clients, each with one thing in common: their
love for their pets. This book provides a glimpse into these
worlds, but more importantly something which each of the 40 million
dog owners in America can identify with - their pet's unconditional
love. Some thirty-five different dog breeds are represented, from
fifteen different states. The first part of the book includes 33
essays on Merrill's clients, illustrated with her paintings, but
also photographs of the collectors with their dogs, their
collections and their homes, personally photographed by the author,
William Secord. Each essay has six color photographs. It is
exceptional in its access to the largely private lives of these
collectors, providing a unique insight into Americans' relationship
with their dogs. The second part of the book traces Merrill's
career, with over 50 color illustrations of her paintings.
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