The British artist Julian Merrow-Smith moved to the south of France in 1998. Postcard from Provence started as a project in 2005 to make a small painting each day. It quickly developed into a meditation on painting and life in rural France, and started to attract a loyal audience. By 2009 Merrow-Smith had completed over 1300 paintings. He was emailing an image of his day's work to over four thousand people all over the world, and had drawn attention from the international press. Here, in this much-anticipated book, the artist distils five years work for us in to one notional year. Through his luminous evocations of landscape and simple but intensely observed still-life paintings, Julian Merrow-Smith leads us through the changing seasons and narrates for us, in paint, a year in glorious Provence.
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Merrow-Smith... lives the slow-paced life of a 19th-century landscape painter while reaching today's global market. --The New York Times
Beautiful and evocative... documenting the changing seasons of the southeastern French region so idealised in Peter Mayle's books, his artworks include colourful still lives and vivid sea and landscapes, as well as some wonderfully stern-looking self-portraits --The Times
Perfect little pictures of vegetables from his garden or fruit from the market, and luminous, ever-changing Provençal landscapes. --The Guardian
Beautiful and evocative... documenting the changing seasons of the southeastern French region so idealised in Peter Mayle's books, his artworks include colourful still lives and vivid sea and landscapes, as well as some wonderfully stern-looking self-portraits --The Times
Perfect little pictures of vegetables from his garden or fruit from the market, and luminous, ever-changing Provençal landscapes. --The Guardian
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Julian Merrow-Smith was been selected for both the 'BP Portrait Award' at the National Portrait Gallery, London and the 'New Contemporaries' exhibition at the ICA, London. His work is held in private collections in sixteen countries. He lives in the South of France with his wife, the cellist and author, Ruth Phillips.
Michael Gitlitz is a director at Marlborough Gallery, New York. He has written for many museums and galleries and lectured at numerous public and private institutions.
Gary humphreys is a writer, currently living in Mexico where he is looking out for whales and finishing a novel.
Mara Liasson is the political correspondent for National Public Radio. She covered five presidential elections and was NPR's White House correspondent for all eight years of the Clinton administration. In 1994, 1995, and 1997 she won the White House Correspondents Association's Merriman Smith Award for daily news coverage. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning news magazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
Michael Gitlitz is a director at Marlborough Gallery, New York. He has written for many museums and galleries and lectured at numerous public and private institutions.
Gary humphreys is a writer, currently living in Mexico where he is looking out for whales and finishing a novel.
Mara Liasson is the political correspondent for National Public Radio. She covered five presidential elections and was NPR's White House correspondent for all eight years of the Clinton administration. In 1994, 1995, and 1997 she won the White House Correspondents Association's Merriman Smith Award for daily news coverage. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning news magazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition.
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This is the most wonderful book. Julian Merrow- Smith is a contemporary master of still life and landscape - capturing and re-creating light with the deftest hand. The nearest you'll get to being in the provencal landscape, or having a simple meal of bread, cheese and wine - with the hot sun outside, without actually being there. The book follows the year from Spring through to Winter, with paintings selected from several years of his almost daily Postcards from Provence - sent out to fans of his website worldwide - myself being one. A glorious collection.
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This is an absolutely gorgeous book. Stunning still lives and landscapes that will fill you with longing for long summer days in Provence.
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This is not only one of the most beautiful books I own, it is also a testament to the discipline and dedication of the painter. Just a sample of the 1000+ postcard sized paintings completed over 5 years and posted almost daily on his website. The book is a journey of visual delights, whether a humble kitchen ingredient or the full glory of a summer meadow each are rendered with the same vitality and passion. Divided into the four seasons, the painter imparts a glimpse into his own personal life as well as capturing the essence of rural France. A book as much about the art of seeing as it is about the art of painting.
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An inspiring book
This little book will be an inspiration for fellow artists, painting students, and anyone who loves the landscape of southern France. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Susan Abbott
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Lovely Images
Julians work is superb and this book contains a selection of his daily postcards. It would make a lovely gift but I suspect that once you begin to flick through the pages you will... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Nicholas M. Elliott
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A great book by a great artist..
This is a beautiful book, and will one day be amongst all the other great art books on gallery shelves. Inspirational! I also love the 'in conversation' section at the back.
Published 16 months ago by WH
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peindre l'air
Julian est un de ces peintres qui réussit à capter et peindre l'air qui passe entre les objets, les maisons et les arbres..
Published on 10 Mar 2011 by RWood
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BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUUUUUUTIFULL!!!!!!!
I am so happy to have this book in my hands now! It literally exudes all the love and energy put into it...it is absolutely precious!
The paintings are amazing... Read more
The paintings are amazing... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by Heide
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Pure Joy
When I ordered this book I had a vague idea that the paintings would be small and lovely. What I did not expect was the simply gorgeous layout. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by Sharon Schwenk
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Spectacular!!
I started following Julian's website more than five years ago at a particularly tricky time in our lives (waiting anxiously on an adoption) and his daily gift turned anxiety into... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by E. Shapiro
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...and there's a Quiet Revolution going on too.
Julian Merrow-Smith is an Artist for our Time. His extra-dimensional work, `Postcard from Provence' is Art for All. His gem of a book represents just its immediately tactile state. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by Jill Phillips
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Lovely book of paintings
I really enjoy Julian's (almost) daily paintings by email, and so am very happy to have the book of his "postcards". It is great to be able to look through them all. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by hope
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Breathtaking
I have a large collection of books by artists whose work I admire, a few of those make it to the special shelf, the shelf of my most favourite, my personal grand masters. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2011 by Ms. Sarah Wimperis
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