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Books Cumbria : The Arts : Art

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Fleur de Sel

Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart
£5.99

Fleur de Sel is a 48 page publication which accompanies the art installation by Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart, Fleur de Sel was exhibited as part of the 53rd Biennale di Venezia & also shown in the Lake District in September 2009.

Published by : Foldpress
Published date : July 2009
Format : 105mm x 148mm paperback

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Going in Search of The Green Man In Cumbria

Thirlie Grundy
£2.99

A search for the almost forgotten pagan god, carved by many medieval sculptors into the wood and stone of Christian buildings in all areas of Cumbria.

Published by : Thumbprint
Published date : 2000
Format : Paperback spiral bound.

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Hatchments in Britain: The Northern Counties

Peter Summers (ed)
£14.99

This is the third volume of a series of ten in which hatchments still surviving in Britain are recorded for the first time. Covers the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, Northumberland, Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Published by : Phillimore
Published date : 1980
Format : Hardback.

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Hercules & the Farmer's Wife

Chris Wadsworth
£12.99

When Chris Wadsworth, and husband Michael, upped sticks in the South and moved north to the Lake District she had no inkling she was about to begin a new life as the owner of an art gallery.

Published by : Aurum
Published date : April 2009
Format : 142mm x 193mm hardback

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Ivver Sen - The Live and Times of the Men and Women Who Work the Land of the Lake District

Keith Richardson
£25.00

When it was decided to apply for world Heritage status for the Lake District it was on the basis of its cultural landscape.

Published by : River Greta Writer
Published date : September 2008
Format : 220mm x 286mm hardback

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John Ruskin and the Lakeland Arts Revival, 1880-1920

Sara E. Haslam
£14.99

Between about 1880 and the end of the First World War there was a widespread revival in traditional handcrafts in the Lake District. Inspired initially by the teachings of John Ruskin, pioneers of the revival established workshops in Keswick, Kendal and elsewhere in which textiles, woodwork and metalwork were made by hand by local craftsmen and women. Their output formed the basis of a series of successful art exhibitions, notably those at Kendal in 1891 and 1899.

Published by : Merton Priory Press Ltd.
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback

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John Ruskin: The Early Years

Tim Hilton
£10.95

The first volume of the authoritative biography of Ruskin, published in paperback for the first time.

Published by : Yale University Press
Published date : 2000
Format : Large paperback.

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Josefina de Vasconcellos: Her Life and Art

Margaret Lewis
£10.99

Josefina de Vasconcellos has been active as a sculptor since the early 1920s. This biography, which contains 32 pages of photographs from a unique collection, charts the extraordinary life of a woman who faced many challenges and disappointments,

Published by : Flambard
Published date : 2002
Format : Large paperback.

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Letters to my Stepdaughter

Percy Kelly
£10.00

1n 1970 Percy Kelly ran away from Cumbria with Chris Griffiths taking her 3 children aged 12, 8 and 6 with her.

Published by : Castlegate House Gallery
Published date : March 2009
Format : 210mm x 250mm softback

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Little Bit O' Nonsense About Sheep

Henry Brewis
£4.99

Compiled from previously published books and in a handy, pocket-sized format, this is a fresh look at Henry Brewis’s fondest enemy: the mule yow.




Published by : Old Pond
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Format : 105mm x 155mm paperback

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Lorna Graves

Edited by Judith Clarke, Jan-Alice Merry & Jeremy Latimer
£28.00

Celebrating the work of Cumbrian born artist Lorna Graves (1947-2006)the artist requested on her death that the best of her unsold work be placed in publicly accessible collections.

Published by : Unipress Cumbria
Published date : December 2008
Format : 270mm x 247mm hardback

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Of Truth of Water - from 'Modern Painters'

John Ruskin
£19.95

Of Truth And Water is reproduced from Vol. 1 of John Ruskin's major work 'Modern Painters', which was first published in 1843.

Published by : Unipress Cumbria
Published date : July 2010
Format : 220mm x 216mm hardback

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Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales

Dennis Child
£45.00

This book has become a standard work of reference for identifying painters who were born or practised in the north of England and Wales. The information within is intended to give a thumbnail sketch of an artist and provide further references that can be used by a reader who wants to obtain more detail.

Published by : Professor Dennis Child OBE
Published date : 2002
Format : Large hardback.

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Quilts & Coverlets

Rosemary E. Allan
£25.00

The collection of quilts and coverlets at Beamish Museum is an important folk art survival in the British Isles.

Published by : The Beamish Museum
Published date : June 2007
Format : 225mm x 290mm paperback

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Read's Point of View

Mary E. Burkett; David Sloss
£19.95

A biography of Mathias Read (1669-1747), once called the father of Cumbrian painting, and the only notable pre-picturesque painter of the Lake District.

Published by : Skiddaw Press
Published date : 1995
Format : Large hardback.

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Ruskin

Francis O'Gorman
£5.99

A pocket biography of John Ruskin, one of the greatest Victorian art and society critics. With archive photographs and reproductions of rare documents.

Published by : Sutton
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Ruskin's Pond - A Photographic Study

John Woodman
£19.95

The act of viewing a series of photographs is an important aspect of Woodman's work and these sequences of images are presented as representations which depict visual difference and transformation - a contemplation on light and the passing of time.

Published by : Unipress Cumbria
Published date : July 2010
Format : 216mm x 216mm hardback

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Sam Bough RSA: The Rivers in Bohemia

Gil & Pat Hitchon
£30.00

Sam Bough is one of the nineteenth centurys most intriguing painters. From humble beginnings in Carlisle, he received little formal artistic training, but went on to become a major figure in Scottish art. His vivid landscapes and luminous seascapes are

Published by : The Book Guild Ltd
Published date : 1998
Format : Hardback.

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Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Islands

A. Wainwright
£9.99

This classic collection of A. Wainwright's distinctive Scottish mountain drawings is now reissued for the first time in paperback.

Published by : Frances Lincoln
Published date : 2006
Format : Large paperback

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Scottish Mountain Drawings: The Western Highlands

A. Wainwright
£9.99

This classic collection of A. Wainwright's distinctive Scottish mountain drawings is now reissued for the first time in paperback.

Published by : Frances Lincoln
Published date : 2006
Format : Large paperback

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Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin
£5.99

A facsimile edition to mark the centenary of the death of John Ruskin. His most popular work.

Published by : Hendon Publishing
Published date : 2000
Format : Small paperback.

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Shades of Lakeland

Kathleen Gilbert
£8.99

A stunning book which illustrates the beauty of the Lake District with walks, poetry and drawings.

Published by : Glaramara Studios
Published date : 2002
Format : Large spiral bound paperback.

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Sheila Fell

Chris Wadsworth
£12.00

This book celebrates the art of Sheila Fell, a miner's daughter from Aspatria who became one of the most outstanding landscape painters of the 20th century. The paintings are on display in Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth in April and May 2005.


Published by : Castlegate House Gallery
Published date : 2005
Format : Large paperback.

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St Martin's -The Making of a Masterpiece

Arthur Penn
£12.50

'The time will come when strangers will seek Brampton, not for the sake of the town itself, but for the windows in St Martin's Church - the work of the honoured and world-famed Burne-Jones.'......Vicar Whitehead, of Brampton in Cumbria, spoke prophetically towards the end of the 19th century of the astounding achievement that is St Martins.

Published by : David Penn
Published date : May 2008
Format : 220mm x 183mm paperback

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Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London

William Waters
£26.95

Shrigley and Hunt, one of the finest stained glass manufacturers of the late nineteenth century, has long been overlooked for the excellence of its output. In its day it was ranked with Morris and Company, Powells of Whitefriars, and the other great

Published by : University of Lancaster
Published date : 2003
Format : Large hardback.

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