Portrait of a Country Artist: C.F. Tunnicliffe, R.A., 1901-1979 - Softcover

Niall, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057503694X ISBN 13: 9780575036949

Publisher: Victor Gollancz, 1986

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Tunnicliffe (19011979) trod the same turf as Audubon and has a devoted English following for his drawings, paintings, engravings and etchings of birds. His other subjects included horses, in Ploughing; a terrier leaping for its dish in an engraved ad from the '30s; "Suffolk ewes"; and occasionally human beings. Niall seems defensive about Tunnicliffe's gifts, such as they werethere was no "starvation in the garret," he writes, and Tunnicliffe "was never a soul in torment. His struggles were to cultivate his talent." And so he did, producing a series of birds that do not, however, have the out-of-doors pungency of Audubon's. Lavishly illustrated, this volume also delves into Tunnicliffe's London schooling, book illustrations and post-mortem wildlife sketches, among other topics. The author collaborated with Tunnicliffe on a number of field-and-stream volumes.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Victor Gollancz
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 057503694X
• ISBN 13: 9780575036949
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1