Description
| Product ID: | 9781849767019 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Quentin Blake: Pens Ink & Places |
| Authors: | Author: Sir Quentin Blake |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A revelatory behind-the-scenes look at the work of Britain's best-loved illustrator Quentin Blake, providing an insight by the artist himself into his own practice and some of his most famous collaborations. A revelatory behind-the-scenes look at the work of Britain''s best-loved illustrator Quentin Blake, providing an insight by the artist himself into his own practice and some of his most famous collaborations. This beautiful volume also includes Blake''s unique illustrations made to accompany the works of John Ruskin, La Fontaine, Lucius Apuleius and Beatrix Potter. Blake''s commentary – straight, as it were, from the drawing board – explores the challenges and opportunities in the creation of drawings known around the world, as well as others seen here for the first time. It is clear from every page of this informative and richly illustrated volume that there has been no slackening of brio in the scratchy pen nib of an artist who has been called the ''Godfather of Illustration''. |
| Imprint Name: | Tate Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Tate Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-05 |
