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A Singular Man
- A Documented Life of the Artist Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904
Engelsk Hardback
A Singular Man
- A Documented Life of the Artist Frederick Sandys: 1829-1904
Engelsk Hardback

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Delving into Frederick Sandys’s unconventional life, Betty Elzea’s research reveals much about his complicated and often scandalous relationships.

Born and educated in Norwich with an artisan background, Sandys was bohemian by nature, though from necessity, to the world at large, he appeared genteel and respectable. Unfortunately disorganised, un-businesslike and preferring to live alone as a bachelor in lodgings, he struggled to support two growing families of illegitimate children.

From youth, developing skills as a draughtsman and painter, he moved to London, meeting Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates, while keeping a foothold in Norwich where he maintained friendships and enjoyed the support of the Norfolk gentry and several notable Norwich industrialists.

Norfolk landscape painting and nature studies led to commissioned portraiture which became his main source of income. He is known for depictions of beautiful women in legendary disguises as well as meticulously-detailed portraits of elderly women. He also pioneered a new type of large-scale portrait drawing in chalks
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781838395391
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1838395393
Udg. Dato:
7 jul 2023
Længde:
35mm
Bredde:
249mm
Højde:
173mm
Forlag:
Unicorn Publishing Group
Oplagsdato:
7 jul 2023
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