Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Published for the exhibition Lady Butler - Battle Artist (1846-1933) held at the National Army Museum, London, 14 May-26 September 1987, the Durham Light Infantry Museum & Arts Centre, 10 October-8 November 1987, and Leeds City Art Gallery, 25 November 1987-14 February 1988. This book records the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Brtain's foremost battle painter of the 19th century, the first devoted entirely to Lady Butler's paintings since her death in 1933. Dr Germaine Greer has written of Elizabeth Butler, 'Many modern painters would envy her success; she is perhaps the last European painter to capture the imagination of the masses'. Lady Butler was not only extremely unusual in being a woman artist working in the highly masculine field of military art but she was also an innovator, particualrly in her sensitive and humae depiction of the ordinary soldier. large paperback. some shelfwear and bumping.clean pages and tight binding. AB70

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Bookseller: BookMangos (FR)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1762AB70
Title: Lady Butler: Battle Artist 1846-1933
Author: Usherwood, Paul & Spencer-Smith, Jenny
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: Gloucester
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: battles;military;art;pictures;painting;war;
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