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Life of Sir David Wilkie: Volume 1
With his Journals, Tours, and Critical Remarks on Works of ArtCambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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77,00 € |
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| Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 05.09.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781139979511 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) is often called the first truly international British artist. This three-volume biography, published in 1843, two years after Wilkie's sudden death while on a tour of the Mediterranean, and containing extracts from his journals and letters, remains an indispensable source for his life and works. Born in Scotland, Wilkie became a student at the Royal Academy in 1805, and in the following years the uncompromising realism of his scenes from rural life made his name known and attracted royal patronage: he was appointed 'the King's Limner in Scotland' by George IV. This work was compiled by his friend, the poet and critic Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), who himself died shortly after correcting the proofs: it was seen through the press by his son. Volume 1 traces Wilkie's life from his childhood, through student days, to his visit to Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford 1817.
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