Inscribed Lectures on Painting
Six Lectures on Painting Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, January, 1904
Publication: London: Elliot Stock, 1904. First Edition.
Notes: A notable first edition of this book on the state of British art at the opening years of the 20th century, inscribed by the artist-author.
Clausen was a professor of painting and founder of the New England Art Club known for his landscapes. His lectures cover light, color, landscape and plein air painting, realism and Impressionism, as well as artists like Titian, Velasquez, and Rembrandt. The book went through three editions.
ix, [blank],134, [1 ad], [blank] pages plus 17 halftone plates.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, with 1904 on the title page and no indication of later printings). A very good copy in green cloth. This copy is inscribed, "To Mrs. Vaughan Davies, with the author's kind regards. June, 1904." Very scarce signed.
Item No: #363962
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