This is a lavish collection of over 80 large-format colour plates, including works from the early 1940s to 1991. Dunstan's subjects range from galleries, interiors and enchanting orchestra paintings, to landscapes and European street scenes. This book includes the artist's own introduction in which he reminisces with an unassuming yet ebullient humour and vivacity on his early life and artistic training. His comments on each painting reveal his underlying thought processes and methods of work which will intrigue all artists and inform our appreciation of his work.
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Bernard Dunstan was elected a member of the New English Art Club in 1946; to the Royal West of England Academy 1949 (President 1979); an Associate of the Royal Academy 1959 and full Royal Academician in 1968. His works hang in public and private collections worldwide. He lives in London.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is not the first book I have bought by Bernard Dunstan. Some thirty years ago I had others. In effect I became his pupil, a distant one and learned through him many of the better techniques that I have incorporated into my own style of painting.
Looking at this book I see that I can learn more. One illustration; 'Venice, the Arsenale' 81/2" x10''is worth the price of the book alone. Economy of means, drawing and atmosphere together make this an accomplished work. Perhaps I too am getting better, if so I would be very happy to paint such a picture and bring with it a sense of place and the joy of having looked and created. In my way and through his teaching and those like him ; I am part of a great tradition. If you are like me you will want this book.
Looking at this book I see that I can learn more. One illustration; 'Venice, the Arsenale' 81/2" x10''is worth the price of the book alone. Economy of means, drawing and atmosphere together make this an accomplished work. Perhaps I too am getting better, if so I would be very happy to paint such a picture and bring with it a sense of place and the joy of having looked and created. In my way and through his teaching and those like him ; I am part of a great tradition. If you are like me you will want this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Bernard Dunstan is still painting at 90 and his work is fresh as ever. Wonderful painter. This books tells in his own words how his painting and life evolved and the pcitures are inspired. The little drawings from his sketch books are gems.
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Dunstan was never destined to be a great artist but has made some very pleasing images over a long productive life. There is something very English about the way he does things, a repressive, self limiting, beige cardy mode of expression that seems afraid of going the whole hog. I just forget which pundit said it, but he was right that 'art without a touch of madness is like salad without garlic' - and of course the English do not(or did not) like garlic at all.
Dunstan epitomises the 'approved' art student - the one that thinks Cezanne really could paint - and churns out painting after painting in that derivative fashion, never finding his own voice, being content to do tired impersonations.Indeed,if you take Sickert and Bonnard out of Dunstan you're left with not much more than a blank canvas. Not that there's anything wrong with this - not every artist is blessed with the neurotic incisiveness to lift his work above the mundane. The wonder is that Dunstan has been knocking out these daubs for £4G or more a pop for the best part of a century without any hint of growth or development.
Dunstan epitomises the 'approved' art student - the one that thinks Cezanne really could paint - and churns out painting after painting in that derivative fashion, never finding his own voice, being content to do tired impersonations.Indeed,if you take Sickert and Bonnard out of Dunstan you're left with not much more than a blank canvas. Not that there's anything wrong with this - not every artist is blessed with the neurotic incisiveness to lift his work above the mundane. The wonder is that Dunstan has been knocking out these daubs for £4G or more a pop for the best part of a century without any hint of growth or development.
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