A. CHRISTIAN. by De Vismes, Xavier; Paul Howard; Anthony Christian (Artist) - 1991-01-01

Emphasis International / Ichor Bali 1991. 39.0 x 28.0cms, 248pp, colour illusts, fine hardback & dustwrapper London born Christian was living in Bali when he produced this book. The section headings are: renasissance redux; love, truth, beauty: drawings (portraits, nudes, drapery, nature, copies); paintings (portraits, nudes, still life, landscapes, interiors, composition).

Hong Kong: Emphasis International, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 15.5" by 11.5". Anthony Christian. An extensive and beautifully presented folio collection of the artistic works of Anthony Christian, replete with reproductions of his work in vivid colour and enclosed in the original slipcase. A beautifully presented collection of the works of Anthony Christian, a noted and widely praised twentieth-century British artist. Christian was the youngest artist ever to study at London's National Gallery, aged just ten years old. His work has been hailed as prodigal, and his has completed portraiture for Lord Mountbatten, Albert Rothschild, Sir Christopher Soames, and more. This work contains over two hundred reproduced examples of his work, in colour, including portraits, landscapes, still life, compositions, and more. Collated and complete. Including an introduction by Xavier de Vismes and an introduction and accompanying descriptions by Paul Howard. Presented in the original… Read More