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GOWRIE, GREY: : DEREK HILL - An Appreciation

LONDON.QUARTET BOOKS,1987.

ISBN 0704325985.

UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,artist's/subject's colour pianting illustrated upper panel and spine/backstrip of dw/dj; artist's self-portrat colour painting to rear panel,with yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of the light creasing is to the top edges of the dw/dj,including some minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - one tiny spot towards headband; contents bright, tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-151pp [paginated] includes an intro by author,6 chapters and a One-man Shows list/table at rear as last page,profuse (over 130 - the majority b/w,with nearly 50 in colour) captioned,notes to paintings etc by the artist, reproductions of Hill's b/w+colour sketches and paintings,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with colour painting (Greenport,Tory Island, 1961) illustrated frntis to it's reverse,a title page,a dedication (to the memory of Henry McIllhenny),and contents list/table. Derek Hill's reputation as a portrait painter of well-known people,from Freddie Mills to Prince Charles,has helped to obscure his achievement as a landscape painter. In this book Grey Gowrie,while fully acknowledging Hill's status as one of Britain's leading portraitists,argues that he is also the best painter of Irish landscapes since Jack Yeats. As a child Grey Gowrie was a neighbour of Hill's in Donegal and the strong friendship between them is evident in the conversation reproduced here,in which Hill talks uninhibitedly of his life and work and inflluences.In his teens Hill studied stage design in Munich and came under the influence of Bauhaus; a purpose of this book is to emphasize the modern,even contemporary aspects of his best Tory Island landscapes,and to re-evaluate his reputation as a landscape painter in the tradition of Constable,Corot and Courbet. This is not just a selection of Hill's work with an appreciative introduction; so much of his personality shows in the text that one gets a real sense of the connection between man and his paintings.Hill's life has been a fascinating and priviliged one but by no means free from pain,and it is the lonelier side of his nature which is reflected in th turbulence and passion of his Irish landscapes. Lord Gowrie is Chairman of Sotheby's in London (then 1987).He was Minister for the Arts 1983- 1985. Born 1916 Southampton,Hampshire,died London, 2000.Derek Hill first worked as a theatre designer in Leningrad in the 1930s.His long association with Ireland began when he visited Glenveagh Castle,County Donegal to paint the portrait of the Irish-American art collector, Henry McIlhenny.Hill enjoyed increasing success as a portrait painter in the 1960's and 1970's, his many subjects included many notable composers,musicians,politicians and statesmen, including the Prince of Wales.The Royal Hibernian Academy hosted a Retrospective exhibition of Hill's work,in 1998.In 1999,he was made an honorary Irish citizen by Irish President Mary McAleese. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers -BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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