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Colin Hunter of the Holland Park Circle : his life and Melbury Road home
- Title
- Colin Hunter of the Holland Park Circle : his life and Melbury Road home / Godfrey Bell.
- Author
- Bell, Godfrey, 1950-
- Publication
- London : Unicorn, an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group LLP, 2018.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Hunter, Colin, 1841-1904.
- Description
- 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
- Summary
- Published 150 years following Hunter's first success at the Royal Academy. Colin Hunter (1841-1904) was a hugely successful Scottish Victorian artist who exhibited nearly one hundred works in the Royal Academy over thirty-five years. He lived at 14 Melbury Road, Kensington, in the heart of the Holland Park Circle of famous artists, including Lord Leighton, G F Watts and Sir Luke Fildes among others, most of whom were both Hunter's friends and neighbours. Born in Glasgow, and then growing up in Helensburgh, Hunter honed his craft painting landscapes in natural settings on the west coast and islands of Scotland and is best known for his seascapes. Painting largely with oil and occasionally watercolours, he was also an accomplished etcher. In the hundred or so years since Hunter's death he has - undeservedly - gradually faded into relative obscurity. This book is not just a biography of the artist, it is also the most comprehensive catalogue of his works to date.
- Alternative Title
- Colin Hunter of the Holland Park Circle : his life and Melbury Road home, including the largest known catalogue of his art works
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and indexes.
- Contents
- Preface -- Reviews -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Colin Hunter is dead -- Chapter 2: his family and descendants -- Chapter 3: chronology -- Chapter 4: the man and the artist -- Chapter 5: his London home, 14 Melbury road, and family pictures -- Chapter 6: his art -- Chapter 7: a family affair -- Chapter 8: his signatures -- Chapter 9: the jury is out -- Appendix 1: Hunter's buyers -- Appendix 2: Sales of etchings, prints, engravings from Hunter's own accounts -- Bibliography -- Index of art works -- General index.
- Call Number
- JQF 19-1536
- ISBN
- 1911604546
- 9781911604549
- OCLC
- 1031959179
- Author
- Bell, Godfrey, 1950- author.
- Title
- Colin Hunter of the Holland Park Circle : his life and Melbury Road home / Godfrey Bell.
- Publisher
- London : Unicorn, an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group LLP, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and indexes.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Hunter, Colin, 1841-1904. Works. Selections.
- Cover Title
- Colin Hunter of the Holland Park Circle : his life and Melbury Road home, including the largest known catalogue of his art works
- Research Call Number
- JQF 19-1536