Annette Wickham Poradie kníh

Pioneering history painter, innovative portraitist and one of two women among the founders of the Royal Academy.

Gracie Maxwell emerges as an unflappable young teacher who enkindles foundational strength through the fight for her heritage in this historical novel, Down to the Potter's House, while her disenfranchised brother counters his enemies on the home front and in the Pacific theater during the Battle of Midway in World War II.

This publication presents the exuberant drawings of Laura Knight RA, a key twentieth-century artist.

The weirdest and most wonderful moments from the history of the Royal Academy of Arts are brought together in this charming book, including stories about such artists as George Stubbs, John Constable, Joshua Reynolds, Angelica Kauffmann, J. M. W. Turner and David Hockney.

Born in Gyffin, near Conway, Wales, John Gibson (1790-1866), arrived in Rome in 1817 and entered the workshop of Europe's pre-eminent sculptor: Antonio Canova. This publication highlights Gibson's sculptures in such collections as the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Parliament and the Royal Collection.