Books Cumbria : Arts and Literature : Art and Sculpture Art and Sculpture Art and artists of the county 1 | 2 | 3 | next>> A History of Linen in the North West Elizabeth Roberts (ed) £6.95 This book brings together five essays on various aspects of the industry from medieval times to the twentieth century, from local to international trade, from rise and expansion to decline and fall. Publisher : University of Lancaster Published : 1999 Pages : 118 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  A Lakeland Paintbook Wendy M Stuart £20.00 This delightful book contains almost 100 original paintings of the Lake District. Publisher : Hayloft Published : October 2011 Pages : 90 Format : 234mm x 174mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  A Striking Likeness: The Life of George Romney David A. Cross £35.00 Richly illustrated, this is the first biography of Romney to explore the full diversity of his innovation. Publisher : Ashgate Published : 2000 Pages : 288 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  A Tour in the Lakes 1797 William Gell; William Rollinson (ed) £9.95 A reproduction of William Gells private journal which provides us with a fascinating glimpse of late eighteenth-century life in Lakeland. Publisher : Smith Settle Published : 2000 Pages : 87 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Alistair Morton and the Edinburgh Weavers - Visionary Textiles and Modern Art Lesley Jackson £45.00 The Carlisle based company,Edinburgh Weavers, was one of the most important textile companies of the twentieth century. Publisher : V & A publishing Published : February 2012 Pages : 352 Format : 225mm x 280mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Angels & Icons: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1850-1870 William Waters and Alastair Carew-Cox £50.00 This book, by Carlisle author William Waters, sheds light on the often overlooked forerunners to the more well-known Pre-Raphaelite stained glass makers, like Morris, Burne-Jones and Rossetti. It examines the work of an earlier group of designers led by John Richard Clayton who produced glass truer to the original principles of the Brotherhood. Publisher : Seraphim Press Published : September 2012 Pages : 368p Format : Hardback; 280 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman Judy Taylor £16.99 A new edition, containing new material and previously unpublished photographs. Publisher : Frederick Warne Published : 1996 Pages : 224 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Black's Sketchbooks - The English Lakes 1922 Gordon Home £6.99 Found in the publisher's archives, the Black's Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Publisher : A&C Black Published : July 2009 first published 1922 Pages : 32 Format : 220mm x 156mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Carlisle and its Villages Vincent White £6.00 Vincent White began drawing the buildings of Carlisle as he saw familiar sights being demolished before his eyes. Over the years he has created a unique record of Carlisle and the surrounding villages. Publisher : Bookcase Published : 2003 Pages : 60 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Conrad Atkinson Landscapes Conrad Atkinson £26.99 Conrad Atkinson was born in Cleator Moor and studied art at what was then Carlisle College of Art. His work has been displayed in galleries all over the world. This book shows a collection of his work from the last 25 years. Publisher : John Isaacs Books Published : 2006 Pages : 104 Format : Large Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Cumbria Colouring Book Illustrations by Sally Townsend £9.99 One of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty, Cumbria has charmed visitors for centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a celebration of the county's unique appeal. Publisher : The History Press Published : April 2017 Pages : 96p Format : Paperback; H:167; W:246; 96p.; Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Cumbrian Alchemy Robert Williams and Bryan McGovern Wilson £19.99 Cumbrin Alchemy is an enquiry into place,, the mythic spaces and the monuments of the region, Publisher : Unniversity of Cumbria /Cumbria Publishing Published : 01/12/2013 Pages : 95 Format : Paperback; H:245; W:210; D:12 Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Damozels & Deities Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870-1898 William Waters and Alastair Carew-Cox £60.00 Continuing on from the acclaimed Angels & Icons, this volume, Damozels & Deities, traces the development of stained glass, viewed as an art form, from 1870 to the death of Burne-Jones in 1898. Publisher : Seraphim Press Published : July 2017 Pages : 404p Format : Hardback; 280 x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Dear Mary, Love Percy - A Creative Thread edited by David A. Cross £30.00 This is an extraordinary record of the 25-year friendship and exchange of letters between two of Cumbria’s leading cultural figures, Mary Burkett, author, biographer, and Arts patron and Percy Kelly, West Cumbrian artist, now acclaimed worldwide. Publisher : Skiddaw Press Published : November 2011 Pages : 260 Format : 210mm x 304mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : Foldpress Published : July 2009 Pages : 48 Format : 105mm x 148mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : Thumbprint Published : 2000 Pages : 48 Format : Paperback spiral bound. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Have a Humbug! Percy Kelly's Drawing Book Chris Wadsworth £15.00 Have a Humbug! tells the story of Kelly’s childhood in Workington; his first home in Corporation Road, his first school, his first paint box, his first job aged 14 and the wonderful letters he sent to his step daughters. Publisher : Pink Egg Publications Published : October 2018 Pages : 48p Format : Paperback; Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  John Ruskin and the Lakeland Arts Revival, 1880-1920 Sara E. Haslam £19.95 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. Publisher : Merton Priory Press Ltd. Published : 2004 Pages : 250 Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : Yale University Press Published : 2000 Pages : 301 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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, Publisher : Flambard Published : 2002 Pages : 223 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery Kate Nicholson Jovan Nicholson £15.00 This book explores the career of the St Ives artist Kate Nicholson, daughter of Ben and Winifred Nicholson, from her early landscapes, the still lifes painted in Cumberland and St Ives, the abstracts - many of them inspired by her travels in Greece - to the late works made on the Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides. It examines her artistic relationship with her mother, with whom she painted side by side in Cumberland and Scotland, and on their many Greek travels. It also discusses her creative relationship with her father with whom she lived in St Ives in the mid-1950s for two years, as well as her friendship with many of the St Ives artists and her role in the Penwith Society. Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Published : May 2019 Pages : 112p Format : Paperback; 235 x 280mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Lake District Sketchbook: A Pictorial Celebration Jim Watson £10.95 A celebration of one of England's most alluring and picturesque regions, the Lake District Sketchbook is packed with over 200 beautiful line and watercolour illustrations of some of the author's favourite places in the magnificent English lakeland. Publisher : Survival Books Published : February 2016 Pages : 96p Format : Hardback; 155 x 2154mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Life Class- Memoir of an Accidental Gallerist Chris Wadsworth £8.99 When Chris and Michael Wadsworth move to the Lake District looking for a rural cottage with a view, Chris saw a large Georgian town house and impulsively decided to buy it and make it into an art gallery. Publisher : Prospero Published : January 2016 Pages : 277p Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  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. Publisher : Unipress Cumbria Published : July 2010 Pages : 68 Format : 220mm x 216mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  Oil Painting in Public Ownership in Cumbria £35.00 This catalogue brings together some 2000 oil paintings drawn from 27 collections across Cumbria, including those from Carlisle, Kendal, Wigton, Penrith, Whitehaven, Workington and Barrow-in-Furness. Publisher : The Public Catalogue Foundation Published : June 2013 Pages : 286p Format : Hardback; 295 x 240mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:  1 | 2 | 3 | next>> Back to Top