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[Michael &Nancy Feldman]

Blue Dutch Colonial Farms
Michael and Nancy Feldman
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January 18, 1997
HOW TO PAINT BOOKS

Alger, Joseph How to Paint Pictures for Fun Thomas Y. Crowell
Co, 1946, 2nd ptg 8 1/2" x
11".59 pgs.Illus by Alfred S. Piane & Norman Tate.This is a really funny
book written by an amateur
painter who says it's fun. The "sacred precincts of oil painting joyfully
and naively invaded."DJ torn,
has an amusing testimonial on the back.Bk, edgewrn but vg $10

Biddle, George An American Artist's Story Boston Little
Brown & Co, 1939,
first 6 1/4 x 9 1/4,316 pgs.Many illustrations including portrait of
Marguerite Zorach,
Mural in Department of Justice Building, Detail from Century of Progress
Mural.His story,
anecdotes about painters, etc. VG $15

Blake, Wendon Landscape Painting in Oil Watson-Guptill
Publications,
1976 8 1/2" x 11 1/4".152 pgs,153 b&w illus,40 color plates.10
chapters with paintings
by George Cherepov. VG with VG dj. slightly soiled. Remainder mark.
$8

Blake, Wendon Landscapes in Acrylic Watson Guptill, 1980 8
1/2" x
11".pb. 80 pgs. From The Artist's Painting Library.Paintings by Rudy de
Reyna. How to paint,
techniques, tools, composition, 11 step-by-step demonstrations.Over
135illus with 82 color
plates. $8

Blake, Wendon Starting to Draw: A step-by-step instruction book
Watson-Guptill, 1981 8 1/2 x11,pb, 80 pgs. Drawings by
Ferdinand Petrie.From The
Artist's Painting Library. Starting to draw landscapes, portraits, still
lifes.Tech, tools, basic forms,
light and shade, 10step by step demonstrations, over 175 illus.VG
$8

Cheney, Sheldon A Primer of Modern Art Tudor Publishing, 1924,
10th
ed. 6 7/8" x9 1/4".384 pgs.175 illus. Every field of modern art is
embraced--painting,sculpture, architecture, theatre settings, industrial
design.Some chapts.
originally produced in Theatre Arts Mag, The International Studio,
Century Mag, Shadowland etc.
VG.very good paper,DJ torn $20

Cole, Natalie Robinson The Arts in the Classroom The John
Day Company, NY
1940 6 1/2" x9 1/2".137pgs.How a kindly teacher released the creative
spirit in her
pupils.16pgs of illus.Extremely modern, much in the children's own words.
DJ, g with VG book.
Photographs by C.K. Eaton, Owners name and address on title page.
$10

Cortissoz, Royal The Painter's Craft NY, Charles
Scribner's Sons,
1930 5 1/2" x 8".473 pages. 31 chapters, 20 illus,.Writes about
specific
exhibits,contains a chapter on a group of American Architects.Cortissoz
was an art critic for 50
years for the Herald Tribune. G- $15

Fabri, Ralph Artist's Guide to Composition Watson-Guptill,
1970 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", ex-libris,
plastic cover. 173 pages with 15 chapters. How to use the compositional
techniques of the Great
Masters in your paintings VG, wrn edges of cover, a few bent pages,
bnding loose $8

Gerwig, Henrietta Fifty Famous Painters Thomas Y.
Crowell, NY 1926 6"
x 8 1/2", 416 pgs.,b&w and color plates.Brief biographies for the general
reader whose interest lies
in human aspect of great men's careers.Contents by country.Bibliography G
minor tears,1 plate
unattached,tight binding $8

Griffith, Rubye Mae Art is All Around Us A.S. Barnes & Co,
1976 6 1/2"
x 10 1/2".125pgs.Photographs by Arnold Wall.Ms. Griffith sets out to
prove that art is everywhere,
art is for everyone and anyone can enjoy the thrill of artistic
expression.Tells you how to make art
and enjoy it; how to cope with naysayers. DJ, faded but g. Bk, vg with
price clipped endpaper.
$15

Hurll, Estelle, M. The Home Book of Great Paintings
Houghton Mifflin, 1902
6 1/2" x 9 1/2", not paged but this is a collection of one
hundred and five famous
paintings.Michaelangelo,Titian, Raphael, Correggio,Van Dyck,
Rembrandt,and Murillo. Each
painting is described in five or six pages.There are many plates.
Dryness of top spine, a bit of
brning, o/w vg $15

Phillips, L. March Form and Colour Duckworth & Co, London
1915 5 1/2 x 8 3/4" .294 pgsChapt. 1 The Testimony of Nature,Chapt.2
The Eastern
Point of View, III, Eastern & Western Architecture, IV Byzantine
Architecture,V, Indian Thought
and Indian Art, VI, Eastern Art and Western Critics, VII The Classic
Point of View etc. spine
edgewear o/w g+ $15

Rothstein, Michael Looking at Paintings Routledge, 1947 7
1/1" x
10".64pgs. Michael Rothstein, a painter, chose 20 paintings and wrote
commentaries.David
Jones, Graham Sutherland, Frances Hodgkins. 20 clr illus,notes & writings
VG, 1 bent page and
slight wrn crnrs. $15

Taubes, Frederic Oil Painting for the Beginner
Watson-Guptill, 1951 7 1/2" x
10 1/4", 148 pgs,canvases,brushes, color,media,tools & utensils, how to
mix color,exercises,
portrait, landscape, still life, flowers29.b&w and 7color plates by
artist dj vg, a few tears and chips,
bk, vg except for chip on top of spine and wear on bottm.Very practical
suggestions, well written
$15

Walter, Start The Studio Book of Still Life Painting Studio
Books,London, 1960 7"
x 7 1/2". 63 pgs.Sketches and painting by the author.Written by a British
painter. Painting Still life,
Choosing a Subject, Asembly, Getting to Know the Subject, Starting to
paint the Picture. Abstract
Realism, Materials. Cvr has painting by author on it, sm soil on bk cvr
o.w vg $10

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