Published in 1983, this portfolio features the pencil drawings of William Gilkerson (1936–2015), an American-Canadian writer, editor and artist. Notable for their rawness and immediacy, they served as studies for the ink and wash watercolour drawings in Gilkerson’s 1983 book, American Whalers in the Wastern Arctic. This digitised volume is courtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. (34 MiB, PDF, 58 pages)
The ‘Marine Art in Australia’ newsletter opens a window to the world of contemporary Australian marine art. It is published by the Australian Society of Marine Artists. This back issue from 2012 (No. 63) is one of only two issues available in the internet in PDF format (2.8 MiB, PDF, 23 pages)
See also Marine Art in Australia (newsletter, issue 2014 No. 64)
This illustrated monograph about the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet was written by American art educator Rebekah Hughes (known as “R.J. Hughes” in the publishing world) of Drawingdemystified.com. Ms. Hughes has packed essential information about the life and art of Claude Monet that is easy and delightful to read. She has included a short aricle about Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947), a French painter who was Claude Monet’s stepdaughter. (2.6 MiB, PDF, 11 pages)
This illustrated, 9-page monograph contains nuggets of information about the art and life of the Cornish fisherman and artist, Alfred Wallis (1855 – 1942). Published by Kettle’s Yard art gallery, University of Cambridge, it was distributed at the ‘Alfred Wallis: Ships and Boats’ exhibit (7 April – 8 July 2012) as a teaching resource for educators and their students. (938 KiB, PDF, 9 pages)
Learn more about Alfred Wallis’ art in ‘Windjammers and steamers: Alfred Wallis’ delightful art’.
‘The Impressionists at Argenteuil’ takes a look at Argenteuil, a town on the bank of the Seine River northwest of Paris, and the artists it inspired. Amongst them: Calude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Alfred Sisley, Eugène Boudin, and Gustave Caillebott. This brochure was published in 2000 by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC to accompany the first-ever exhibition dedicated to the Impressionists’ time in Argenteuil. (69.6 MiB, PDF, 180 pages)
