Wilfrid de Glehn (1870-1951), one of England's leading Impressionists, was a close friend of the important American expatriate John Singer Sargent. De Glehn held an important role in Anglo-American art circles, fraternizing with a group of prominent cultural figures that included painters Frank D. Millet and J. Alden Weir, architects Stanford White and Charles McKim, the collector Isabella Stewart Gardner, and the novelist Edith Wharton. His ties to the United States were further strengthened in 1904 when he married Jane Erin Emmet, a member of the well known Emmet family of painters. De Glehn was one of Sargent's closest friends; the two artists painted together in England, Italy, Corfu, and Spain. The 104-page catalogue, which includes 47 full-page color illustrations, features an essay and entries by Laura Wortley, de Glehn's biographer and a noted scholar of British Impressionism.

Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn: John Singer Sargent's Painting Companion

Arts & Photography

Wortley, Laura

History & Criticism

Spanierman Gallery

Lucy Kemp-Welch was the artist chosen by J. M. Dent in 1915 to illustrate Black Beauty and her pictures for that edition have remained a constant favourite. At the time Lucy Kemp-Welch was a renowned horse painter, whose huge canvases had taken the art world by storm at the turn of the century. More than any other British painter, she captured the unbroken spirit of the horse, having galloped with them in the wild and laboured alongside them in the fields. Using Black Beauty as the theme running through her book, and drawing on personal diaries and letters, Laura Wortley explores the origins of Lucy's extraordinary intuition and records both her triumphs and setbacks as she soared to fame in the worlds of art and horses then dominated by men. During the Boer War and the First World War Lucy became fascinated by cavalry horses, which she painted both on the battlefield and at exercise, earning her the friendship of Robert Baden-Powell who provided her with 'Black Prince', the model for Black Beauty. In later life she travelled with Sanger's circus, producing paintings full of life and energy both behind the scenes and in the ring. This inspiring life story of Lucy Kemp-Welch is lavishly illustrated with 139 colour illustrations of her work and will provide immense pleasure to all lovers of art and of horses.

Lucy Kemp-Welch 1869-1958: The Spirit of the Horse

Individual Artists

Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd

British impressionism: A garden of bright images

Studio Fine Art Publications

Wilfred De Glehn, RA: John Singer Sargent's Painting Companion

David Messum Fine Art

Wilfred De Glehn, R.A.: Exhibition 1998 (Studio Publication)

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