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CROSS, TOM: : THE SHINING SANDS - ARTISTS IN NEWLYN AND ST. IVES,1880-1930

UK.TIVERTON,DEVON.HALSGROVE,1999.

ISBN 1898386064.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,rpt.[1st edn was 1994, this edn, is the first reprint.]FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - almost as new.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour artwork illustrated upper wrap (A View of Mount's Bay from Newlyn with the North Pier,c.1892 - uncredited - oil on canvas); a small b/w contemporary photograph to rear wrap (A painter,possibly John Park,at work on the beach in St Ives,with the Sloop Inn in the background); with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - an unread copy? Bright,clean and unblemished,publisher's original,plain blue cloth bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB+ dw/dj,reprint,6-224pp [paginated] includes half-title,recto of which illustrated by a Stanhope Forbes's small painting/illustration,title-page,contents list/table,map of West Cornwall, acknowledgements,references,intro,12 chapters,profuse illustrations throughout the book and the text (almost 100 colour pictures by various and varied artists,and two hundred images in all - b/w contemporary photographs - scenic and artist portraits etc ),and an index. This is the remarkable story of the colony of artists who were inspired by the people, landscape and light of Cornwall. Now internationally celebrated,they are forever to be associated with the small fishing ports of Newlyn and St Ives. Arriving from the artists' colonies of France, the Barbizon and the Pont-Aven, and the painting schools of London and Paris,they set up their studios in the cottages and net lofts overlooking the sea.Here they painted; their subjects centred on the working life and conditions of the people they lived amongst,and the stark beauty of the rugged Cornish landscape. Challenging the accepted styles of the Victorian masters,their bold work,full of light and colour,often drew upon the working life of the fishermen and their families,recording the tragedies and simple pleasures of their lives.In 'The Shining Sands',Tom Cross records the life and work of these artists,from the earliest arrivals in the 1870's through to the decade following the Second World War. In this period the artists' colonies grew into one of the most significant art movements of recent times,the influences of which directly inspired the post war 'modern' movements,and which reverberate even today.'The Shining Sands' includes almost one hundred colour pictures,and two hundred images in all,produced by such artists as Walter Langley, Frank Bramley, Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Elizabeth Forbes, Lamorna Birch, Laura Knght, Ben Nicolson and Christopher Wood. The author describes the events and circumstances behind the making of many of the paintings,adding a further dimension to our appreciation of these fine works. 'The Shining Sands' is a companion to Tom Cross's earlier work.'Painting the Warmth of the Sun - St Ives Artists 1939-75'.This new work (then 1999) further illuminates the remarkable contribution the artists of Newlyn and St Ives have made to the art of our time. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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