BENINGFIELD'S COUNTRYSIDE.**

UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork,by Beningfield,watercolour illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black lettering,pale green background rear panel with black+green kestrel illustrations; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some inevitable,but light,superficial scoring to rear panel of the dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain pale green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour pictorial watercolour illustrated eps.UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,14-141pp [paginated] includes author/illustrator's introduction,9 chapters+epilogue,a profuse mixture of colour+b/w vignette illustrated pages,double+single page colour+b/w pictorial artwork illustrations,all by Gordon Beningfield's,and a list of pictures.Plus [unpaginated],colour vignette to half-title page with colour frntis to it's recto,colour vignetted artwork to title page,double-page colour scenic watercolour of countryside of southern England,and colour vignetted contents list/table.
In this book Gordon Beningfield celebrates a classic countryside that was once typical of much of England but is increasingly falling victim to modern intensive farming and the spread of urbanization.Gordon Beningfield's world is centred on the gentle,rural landscapes of Hertfordshire and the open downs and lush valleys of Dorset.
Gordon Beningfield is almost unique among artists who have made a reputation painting wildlife since he is also a perceptive and gifted landscape painter. 'Beningfield's Countryside' combines intimate close-ups of animals and flowers with broad landscapes that provide a setting and at the same time convey a powerful feeling for the special qualities of English scenery.In these fine pictures,Beningfield's talent as a painter of landscapes is displayed to the general public for the first time.
In his text,his sketches and his exquisitely detailed watercolours and oil paintings Beningfield again shows himself to be a skilled and observant naturalist.
'Beningfield's Countryside' is irresistible in its evocation of the small-scale pleasures of the country - here a pile of nuts neatly opened by a dormouse,there a fox basking only half asleep in a shaft of sunlight or a yellowhammer singing boldly from the top of a hawthorn bush.
In all,'Beningfield's Countryside' is a moving visual tribute to a countryside that is universally loved. His last exhibition (at that time, then 1980) was in 1978 and was devoted to butterflies,and the pictures in it formed the basis of the successful book, 'Beningfield's Butterflies' (see my book ID rja577015 - PENGUIN,1981,Qrto wraps - with extra additional illustrations than the prior Chatto/Windus,1978,hardback.) The pictures in this book coincide with his largest show/exhibition of his work.
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