
London Postcards
David Gentleman(Author)
Particular Books (Publisher)
Published on 5. November 2020
Book
Hardback
100 pages
978-0-241-44392-7 (ISBN)
Description
Over seventy years of quintessential London views in one box
In 1950, aged 19, David Gentleman arrived in the capital, ready to begin his life as an artist. Over the next seven decades, he would sketch, paint, and engrave his way through London, documenting the cityscape, and shaping it, too - most notably through his iconic mural in Charing Cross Underground Station.
Combining world-famous imagery with unexpected scenes of daily life in the city, this box of London artworks is a treasure trove for all those who flock to the capital.
'David Gentleman is London's visual laureate' Quentin Blake
In 1950, aged 19, David Gentleman arrived in the capital, ready to begin his life as an artist. Over the next seven decades, he would sketch, paint, and engrave his way through London, documenting the cityscape, and shaping it, too - most notably through his iconic mural in Charing Cross Underground Station.
Combining world-famous imagery with unexpected scenes of daily life in the city, this box of London artworks is a treasure trove for all those who flock to the capital.
'David Gentleman is London's visual laureate' Quentin Blake
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David Gentleman is London's visual laureate -- Quentin BlakeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 169 mm
Width: 115 mm
Thickness: 61 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-44392-7 (9780241443927)
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Persons
David Gentleman is a painter and printmaker, working in many mediums. He has designed British postage stamps and coins, and the platform-length mural, blown up from his wood engravings, well-known to Londoners, at Charing Cross on the underground. His studio is at the top of an early Victorian house in Camden Town between the crowded, rackety Camden Lock and the green spaces of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill.