William Powell Frith
A Painter and His World
Will be published approx. on 22. October 2006
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7509-3845-7 (ISBN)
Description
William Powell Frith was one of the most popular and most successful figures of the Victorian art world. His work spanned the entire Victorian age and he became famous for large-scale paintings such as "Derby Day". This work describes the colourful life of this reluctant artist. The story of Frith's life a picture of the Victorian period.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-3845-7 (9780750938457)
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Person
Christopher Wood has been an art dealer for over thirty years and is the author of The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Paradise Lost, The Pre-Raphaelites, Painted Gardens and numerous other books. He appears regularly on The Antiques Roadshow, and has been the curator for a number of exhibitions. He lives in London.