Author: James McBey
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847675875
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Edited and Introduced by Nicolas Barker This book is an autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Writing with charismatic frankness and realism, McBey describes his passionate desire to be an artist, from his first etchings (printed with the help of an old mangle) to the moment when he left a stultifying job to strike out for Holland to create a life of his own. McBey's journey was not an easy one. Poverty, ignorance, his family's indifference, the petty routines of an Aberdeen bank, his mother's suicide, all these are evoked with gravity, clarity and a lightness of touch – like the etchings themselves – which will long remain in the reader's mind. Introduced by Nicolas Barker, who edited the original manuscripts, this book offers a real-life portrait of the artist as a young man and establishes James McBey as a gifted prose stylist in his own right.
The Early Life of James McBey
Author: James McBey
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847675875
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Edited and Introduced by Nicolas Barker This book is an autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Writing with charismatic frankness and realism, McBey describes his passionate desire to be an artist, from his first etchings (printed with the help of an old mangle) to the moment when he left a stultifying job to strike out for Holland to create a life of his own. McBey's journey was not an easy one. Poverty, ignorance, his family's indifference, the petty routines of an Aberdeen bank, his mother's suicide, all these are evoked with gravity, clarity and a lightness of touch – like the etchings themselves – which will long remain in the reader's mind. Introduced by Nicolas Barker, who edited the original manuscripts, this book offers a real-life portrait of the artist as a young man and establishes James McBey as a gifted prose stylist in his own right.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847675875
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Edited and Introduced by Nicolas Barker This book is an autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Writing with charismatic frankness and realism, McBey describes his passionate desire to be an artist, from his first etchings (printed with the help of an old mangle) to the moment when he left a stultifying job to strike out for Holland to create a life of his own. McBey's journey was not an easy one. Poverty, ignorance, his family's indifference, the petty routines of an Aberdeen bank, his mother's suicide, all these are evoked with gravity, clarity and a lightness of touch – like the etchings themselves – which will long remain in the reader's mind. Introduced by Nicolas Barker, who edited the original manuscripts, this book offers a real-life portrait of the artist as a young man and establishes James McBey as a gifted prose stylist in his own right.
Country Life
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Country Life Illustrated
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Languages : en
Pages : 1430
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Languages : en
Pages : 1430
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Macan-Macpherson
Author: Henry Colin Gray Matthew
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
A Ramble on Copper
Author: Martin J. Hopkinson
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Category : Etching, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Etching, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Scottish Art Since 1900
Author: Keith S. Hartley
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Blackwood's Magazine
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : Supplement
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books 1976 to 1982
Author: British Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Waterstone's Guide to Scottish Books
Author: Nick Rennison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902603001
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781902603001
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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