Oxford Sketchbook by Graham Byfield
Many facets of Oxford are recorded here, as Graham Byfield strolls with his sketchpad through college gateways, courtyards and gardens, along broad streets and narrow alleyways, into great ceremonial buildings and cosy medieval pubs.
Graham Byfield is an English watercolor artist who has published several books, postcards and prints of paintings featuring cities and other places of interest around the world. The early years he worked as a creative director in Canada, Australia, London and Singapore at different international advertising agencies. He used this experience as an opportunity to study vernacular architecture, savor the landscape and explore local cultures through his paintings. Now a full-time artist, he has his own gallery in Menorca. He travels extensively to research his books which include ten Sketchbooks of Singapore, Bali, Thai Silk, London, Amsterdam, the Bahamas, Oxford, Cambridge, Barcelona and, now, Menorca. Marcus Binney, CBE is an historian and writer with a passion for European architecture, especially the decades around 1900. He has written many years for both Country Life magazine and The Times. He is the founder and chairman of SAVE Europe's Heritage. His books include London, cambridge and Barcelona Sketchbooks and now Menorca (all with Graham Byfield), Great House of Europe, In Search of the Perfect House, Great Stations of Europe (with Axel Foehl), Airport Builder, Town Houses and The Women who Lived for Danger. He fell in love with both the island and his future wife Anne when he first visited Menorca in 1975 and has been coming to stay every year in the house her family built in S'Algar ever since. Recently he has participated in a 10-part TV series for Sky Arts, The Art of Architecture, on new and revivied landmarks, which is now being followed by a second series for broadcasting in 2020.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789814155052 |
| ISBN 10 | 9814155055 |
| Title | Oxford Sketchbook |
| Author | Byfield Graham |
| Series | Sketchbooks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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