A superbly illustrated study of the paintings and collages of British surrealist Richard Shirley Smith.
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A bizarre imagination married to a craft that falls little short of the sublime placed Richard Shirley Smith outside the artistic mainstream from the start. Over the past 40 years, in his life and his art, he has inhabited a world of fabulous curiosities and transformations, supplied by the idiosyncrasies of a scholarly and labyrinthine mind. He revels in elaborate settings, crumbling Italianate architecture, and romantic decay. Strange objects, veiled statues, insects, and ambiguous beasts pose like actors on a stage. This splendid monograph contains 150 color reproductions of his paintings and collages. These are enhanced by essays that lead the reader more deeply into a profoundly fascinating and beautiful theater of the imagination.
Richard Shirley Smith was born in Hampstead and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and in Rome. His commissioned trompe l'oeil murals grace many stately and humbler homes in London and elsewhere. But this book brings together the paintings and collages (and some of the wood engravings) he made to please himself and which represent his major output - much of it now in private hands and inaccessible.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. A bizarre imagination married to a craft that falls little short of the sublime places Richard Shirley Smith outside the artistic mainstream from the start. In his life and his art he has inhabited a world of fabulous curiosities and transformations, supplied by the idiosyncrasies of a scholarly and labyrinthine mind.;Laurence Whistler, who early recognized the artist's gifts, spoke of his ambiguity of mood. Richard Shirley Smith revels in elaborate settings, crumbling Italianate architecture, romantic decay, masks, metamorphoses and misrule. Pulcinella and his cohorts of the Commedia dell' Arte peek and prance amongst a wonderful array of props. Strange objects, veiled statues, ambiguous beasts and insects pose like actors on a stage. But behind it all is a deep if delicious awareness of time and mutability.;This illustrated book contains over 150 colour plates, the artist's personal annotations, with his memoirs of early mentors, David Jones and Gerald and Joy Finzi. These are accompanied by essays on his work, which aim to enthral the reader in a profoundly fascinating and beautiful theatre of the imagination. Seller Inventory # GOR013958228
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A bizarre imagination married to a craft that falls little short of the sublime places Richard Shirley Smith outside the artistic mainstream from the start. In his life and his art he has inhabited a world of fabulous curiosities and transformations, supplied by the idiosyncrasies of a scholarly and labyrinthine mind.;Laurence Whistler, who early recognized the artist's gifts, spoke of his ambiguity of mood. Richard Shirley Smith revels in elaborate settings, crumbling Italianate architecture, romantic decay, masks, metamorphoses and misrule. Pulcinella and his cohorts of the Commedia dell' Arte peek and prance amongst a wonderful array of props. Strange objects, veiled statues, ambiguous beasts and insects pose like actors on a stage. But behind it all is a deep if delicious awareness of time and mutability.;This illustrated book contains over 150 colour plates, the artist's personal annotations, with his memoirs of early mentors, David Jones and Gerald and Joy Finzi. These are accompanied by essays on his work, which aim to enthral the reader in a profoundly fascinating and beautiful theatre of the imagination. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006946829
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