Saturday, 18 July 2009

Review - Christopher WOOD - "William Powell Frith - A Painter and his World"

Publ: 2006
Stornoway Library
ISBN: 0-7509-3845-5
Genre: Biography; Art.
Pages: 272p
Found by Serendipity
Rating: ***** ***


An enjoyable illustrated biography about this once popular Victorian painter of scenes of Victorian life. To learn more about Frith see the excellent brief biography on
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/frith.htm or put his name into Google images to see his pictures.


If you enjoy art and biographies this is a well-written and enjoyable book that would grace any collection.

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