An anthology of painters and paintings which includes contemporary accounts of Watteau, Monet, Rubens, the final meeting between Reynolds and Gainsborough, and many others. There are reflections by painters on creativity and the tribulations of the creative life. It includes Constable's remarks on a de Hooch painting which has been presented to him, Matisse's summary of his creative vision and art dealer Rene Gimpel's contrast of Fra Angelico and Gentile de Fabriano.
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An anthology of painters and paintings which includes contemporary accounts of Watteau, Monet, Rubens, the final meeting between Reynolds and Gainsborough, and many others. There are reflections by painters on creativity and the tribulations of the creative life. It includes Constable's remarks on a de Hooch painting which has been presented to him, Matisse's summary of his creative vision and art dealer Rene Gimpel's contrast of Fra Angelico and Gentile de Fabriano.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0002178249. First edition. Gift inscription (to the late sociologist Daniel Bell and his wife) on front free endpaper, corners bumped, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
