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Diana Armfield: A Lyrical Eye

Diana Armfield: A Lyrical Eye

Current price: $50.00
Publication Date: July 2nd, 2021
Publisher:
Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN:
9781913645076
Pages:
224

Description

A centennial celebration of the contemporary British painter Diana Armfield.

Diana Armfield has a highly personal attachment to subject and a subtly distinctive affinity with the rhythms of form and tone. These qualities have made her an important, influential figure in modern British art—and a very popular one. She has received her widest acclaim for her flower paintings, but her work is much broader than that. This book—created to mark her one-hundredth birthday—is also a rich representation of the painter’s feeling for landscape and place. Featuring two hundred illustrations, including a number of more recent works, this book is a fascinating exploration of her life and work to date. An interview with Armfield by Andrew Lambirth and an essay on her work round out the volume.

About the Author

Andrew Lambirth is a writer, critic, and curator. He has written on art for the Sunday Telegraph, Spectator, Sunday Times, Modern Painters, and Art Newspaper. He is the author of several books, and the reviews from his time as art critic of the Spectator have been collected in the volume A is a Critic. He lives in Wiltshire, England. 

Praise for Diana Armfield: A Lyrical Eye

"Beautiful new book. . . . A treat for the senses."
— Leisure Painter

"Armfield's work is well served by this generous testimonial to art."
— The Jackdaw