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24pp photoplates. Rubbed. Light binding corner bumps. Good. 23x14cm, xiii, 187, (23)p. "Sir Frank William Brangwyn (May 13, 1867-June 11, 1956) was a Welsh artist, painter, water colourist, virtuoso engraver and illustrator, and progressive designer. He was born in Bruges, Belgium, where in 1865 his father William Curtis Brangwyn had received a commission to decorate the Basilica of the Holy Blood. In 1875 the family moved back to England. Frank Brangwyn received some artistic training, first at his father's studio, and later from the famous artist and architect William Morris, but he was largely an autodidact without a formal artistic education. When, at the age of seventeen, one of his paintings was accepted at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, he was strengthened in his conviction to become an artist. Initially he painted traditional subjects about the sea and life on the seas. His canvas, Funeral At Sea (1890) won a gold medal at the 1891 Paris Salon. The limited palette in this painting is typical of this so-called "grey period". By the late 19th century "Orientalism" had become a favoured theme for many painters. Soon Brangwyn was attracted by the light and the bright colours of these southern countries. He travelled to Istanbul and the Black Sea, by working as a deck hand for his passage. He made many paintings and drawings, particularly of Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey. This resulted in a marked lightening of his palette, a change which did not initially find critical favor. He continued his travels to different parts of Africa and also to South Africa. In 1895 the Parisian art dealer Siegfried Bing, who started the Art Nouveau movement,
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to front; just slight shelfwear; "withdrawn" stamp (donation) to front endpaper; binding starting to separate at pages 187. Pages still bright and unmarked and illustrated throughout. First "ordinary edition" following on the limited edition of 1944.; 187 pages.
