John Opie and His Circle (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from John Opie and His Circle When the idea of writing this book first occurred to me, I was equally fascinated by the strong personality and romantic history of John Opie, and the winsome charm of his celebrated wife. My first intention of writing a joint life had to be abandoned; for it soon became evident that a book on such lines must be either of inordinate length or unduly compressed: the Opies´ married life only extended over nine years, so it was decided to treat their lives separately; John Opie´s memoir demanding precedence on account of its greater usefulness. As the work proceeded, the need for more than a mere biographical study was forced upon me. Over thirty years had elapsed since the late Mr. J. Jope Rogers published "Opie and his Works," and the majority of the pictures had changed hands during this interval. To make the book really useful, a list of the artist´s works was necessary; letters appealing to the owners of Opie´s paintings were inserted in the Times, Country Life, and other papers by the kind courtesy of their respective editors, and in a short time I was overwhelmed with correspondence on the subject - a most gratifying result, as it proved the widespread interest taken in John Opie by the present generation. Indirectly, my letter to the Times was the means of ridding me of the ungrateful task of criticism, since it revealed the fact that a catalogue raisonné of Opie´s works was in preparation: no longer compelled to select and discriminate, I was able to confine myself to the human interest of his life story, and make the list of pictures as comprehensive as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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