Bewick, Pauline.

Ireland, An Artist’s Year [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Methuen, 1990. 25.3cm x 19.5cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover With Original Dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Includes: Pauline Bewick’s sketchbook of writing, sketching and painting throughout a year/ At home in Co. Kerry/ In Dublin for a party at the Joyce Tower/ At a tinker’s wedding/ At her exercise classes/ At the dentist/ Recordings of what for her represented the essence of that day/ An overheard remark, the Kerry spring flowers, the noise and bustle of the Puck Fair or fellow writers and artists at an Arts Festival/ Witty and charming sketches complemented by stunningly vibrant paintings which frequently capture the sensual power of human, animal and plant life, projecting a very individualistic and powerful picture of the landscape/ Bewick’s strange, vagabond upbringing by an eccentric mother meant that she learned little else but art/ A unique voice and eye – spontaneous, idosyncratic, poetic, often funny or moving/ Life in Ireland through an artist’s eye/ Bewleys, Dublin – Veronica Campbell, owner/ The Aosdana/ Garranes, Beara, Buddhist Centre/ Cormac Boydell/ Dublin premiere of “Wall Street”/ Richard Branson/ Launch of Michael Holroyd’s biography of George Bernard Shaw/ Walks at Lough Acoose/ Professor Canning from Dunmanway, healing powers/ Lahinch golf course/ The Cliffs of Moher/ Jack Harte, poet, the Coffee House in Clifden/ Kenmare/ Actress and writer Shelagh Frazer/ Cork Airport/ Sunday walk on Caragh Lake/ Dara Fitzgerald and Yehudi Menuhin at the National Concert Hall/ RTE, “Play The Game”, with Twink and Ronan Collins/ Abbey Theatre Director Joe Dowling/ Pa’s Killorglin Circus Museum etc.

Includes colour illustrations by the artist/author.

• Keywords: Catalogue Four – International Art · Catalogue Irish History – Art and Architecture · Irish Art · Irish Art – Rare · Signed · Women Artists
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780413643209
• Inventory Number: 32498AB

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