
Andrew Festing
Face Value
Jenny Pery(Author)
Third Millennium Publishing
Published on 8. October 2015
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-908990-51-8 (ISBN)
Description
In a prodigious career spanning more than four decades, Andrew Festing has painted over 750 portraits, including commissions for the Royal Family, the House of Commons and Lord's Cricket Ground. This stunningly illustrated biography traces the development of his artistic career, from promising early beginnings at Ampleforth College under the tutelage of sculptor John Bunting, to his current international status as one of Britain's most prestigious portrait painters.
This account, told with wit and candour by author Jenny Pery, explores Andrew Festing's unusual family background and the influences, artistic and otherwise, on his life and work. It covers his years at Sotheby's, as well as his tenure as President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, during which he made great efforts to promote the practice of painting from the life in an increasingly digitalised world. The book discusses his meticulous painting methods, offering a vivid insight into the mind of a remarkable artist, and concludes with a comprehensive list of all his portraits, including the multiple portraits and 'conversation pieces' for which he justly famous.
This account, told with wit and candour by author Jenny Pery, explores Andrew Festing's unusual family background and the influences, artistic and otherwise, on his life and work. It covers his years at Sotheby's, as well as his tenure as President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, during which he made great efforts to promote the practice of painting from the life in an increasingly digitalised world. The book discusses his meticulous painting methods, offering a vivid insight into the mind of a remarkable artist, and concludes with a comprehensive list of all his portraits, including the multiple portraits and 'conversation pieces' for which he justly famous.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
200 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908990-51-8 (9781908990518)
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Person
Jenny Pery is a distinguished writer on art for a range of journals, as well as the author of many monographs on painters including Solomon J. Solomon, Claude Rogers, John Dodgson, Caziel, Edward Piper, Robert Organ, Alan Cotton, Anthony Eyton and Tristram Hillier.