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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light bump on top spine corner, looks unread. The work of John Piper (1903 - 1992) remains something of an enigma, an antiquarian who was among the pioneers of non-representational art in Britain, an abstract painter who drew his inspiration from the paintings of Turner and medieval stained glass, and a romantic with a penchant for geometric design. Despite, in formal terms, coming to art late, Piper became one of the most diverse designers of his generation. Up until the 1951 Festival of Britain, his work had been almost entirely graphic. Indeed much of his design - particularly for the theatre, murals, mosaics, textiles and tapestries - was to remain graphics based. However, Piper was also to enter into rewarding partnerships with Patrick Reyntiens, David Wasley and Joseph Nuttgens designing stained glass; with Geoffrey Eastop in ceramics; and, most explosively of all, with Ron Lancaster and John Deeker, for some of the greatest pyrotechnic displays that Britain has witnessed since the 18th century. Commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee in 1940, Piper's two paintings of the ruins of Coventry's St Michael's Cathedral, along with his St Mary-le-Port, Bristol are among the most iconic images of World War II. However, mediaeval stained glass was perhaps Piper's most enduring passion; the slabs of glass, the leading and the richness of colour of these windows, were to provide a fundamental source of inspiration not only for his paintings and designs for stained glass, both figurative and abstract, but also for work in other media.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Essays by George Breeze, Peyton Skipwoth and Abbie N. Spraque. 127 pages, 78 illustrations (70 color), chronology, bibliography, quarto (4to), soft cover. Very good condition, old bookstore inventory as new condition. Inventory #40135-1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.