Chinnery

Robin Hutcheon

ISBN 10: 9627283037 / ISBN 13: 9789627283034

Published by FormAsia, 1989

About this Item

FormAsia, Hong Kong, 1989, Second Edition, hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 118, 33 x 26 x 1.5 cm, full color as well as black and white reproductions throughout. Fine in Near Fine - book has clean pages, sharp corners, jacket has minimal wear - some pressure marks, light scratches. The flamboyant Mr Chinnery, "the famous painter, the penniless fornicator, the begetter of an uncertain number of illegitimate Chinnerys white, brown and yellow, and the recorder of faces, places, pursuits and pastimes in India and on the south China coast" (Go London). This biography celebrates the bicentennary of Chinnery's birth with descriptions of early 19th century India, Macau, Canton & Hong Kong.

Seller Inventory # BIBLIO-87

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinnery
• Publisher: FormAsia
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9627283037
• ISBN 13: 9789627283034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The celebrated China Trade artist George Chinnery, whose paintings have over recent years become collector's treasures, was every bit as colourful as the cavalcade of people and places he committed to canvas during the 19th century. This exceptional, high gloss volume presents a superb visual record of the tumultuous early years of trade on the doorstep of China. Using words as the artist employed paints, Robin Hutcheon, former Editor of The South China Morning Post, creates a vivid portrait of George Chinnery, an English artist ever on the run from debt-collectors and his wives, who revelled charmingly in portraying Eastern life from his Macau studio. Richly illustrated with sketches, pencil drawings, water colours and superb portraits in oils.