The Teacher of China Painting.

Chicago: [The Author], [1920s]. Third edition, revised and enlarge. Ocyavo. 147, [1, inex] pp. Well illustrated. Publisher's green printed wrappers, cover with red lettering and black art nouveau designs. Top corner a bit bent else a very good copy.D. M. Campana was an Italian-born American who studied in Venice and later taught art in Chicago. He also founded a company that sells art supplies (still extant). His specialty was the painting of China porcelain. "There is scarcely a china painter who does not know the name of D.M. Campana for it has been one of the most prominent in the field for well over half a century. Mr. Campana founded the Campana Art Company at the turn of the century with china painting materials as its specialty. Has developed his own line of excellent china colors which he used in painting all his fine works and which are sold with his name exclusively... He won many medals and prizes for his most unusual approach in this medium. His method of painting was to apply the basic colors to be used without detail and fire the piece at about 1400 F, then alternately to add more color and fire until he had the results he wanted. Reds were left until the last so there would be no chance of diminishing the strength of the color through repeated firings. Campana died at the age of eighty-five in December, 1956. His memory lives on in his many fine works and in the over fifty books which he wrote on art instruction in every field." (Campana Art Company)