Friday, September 17, 2010

John Collier

At his blog Underpaintings, Matthew Innis has assembled an extensive portfolio of the British academic painter John Collier, along with a biography.

Here is Collier’s take on Queen Guinevere going a Maying.
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Link to Underpaintings.
Download a PDF of Collier's book "A Primer of Art," with his thoughts on anatomy, perspective, oil painting, and light and shade.


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3 comments:

  1. KurtSeptember 17, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    Thanks for the link to the PDF of his book

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  2. SaskiaSeptember 17, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    I love Collie a lot, thank you for the great link! How exactly do I download the pdf? I never see a download link at google books

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  3. James GurneySeptember 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    Saskia, when Google books displays the book, look for a little row of blue words above the book page that says: "Plain Text" "Link" etc. Click on the one that says "PDF." Your computer should then allow you to save the file to your desktop.

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