Stokely Webster and his Paris - Hardcover

Webster, Stokely

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970657307 ISBN 13: 9780970657305

Publisher: Connecticut River Pr Llc, 2001

Synopsis

A beautiful "coffee table" book displaying 285 of Stokely Webster's paintings of paris and other cities from around the world. Mr. Webster is one of the most accomplished impressionist painters of the mid and late 20th Century.

About this title

About the Author:

Stokely Webster was born in Illinois in 1912. In 1922, he spent a year in France where he saw Monet at work in his Giverny garden. He decided at that time to be a painter. His first studies were that same year with Lawton Parker, and American artist who had studied with Gerome and Whistler.

Mr. Webster, now 88, lives with his wife, Audrey, at their studio on the Connecticut shore.

Review:

"One of the most beautiful coffee table art books printed... a spellbinding story of the artist's life". -- Austin Kiplinger, publisher

"What a delight! A fabulous autobiographical account of the life of an artist in words and paint." -- Phil Paleolongos, 'Talk America'

"What a joy it is to look at the life work of a man who knows exactly what he is..." -- David McCullough, author of "Truman"

About this edition

• Publisher: Connecticut River Pr Llc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0970657307
• ISBN 13: 9780970657305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384