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Hard cover 8vo, in electric blue plasticized cloth, the titles in black to front board and spine. Original dust jacket is illustrated by a portrait by the Author, notable Cape Ann, Massachusetts portraitist and art educator, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (1884-1972). The portrait is repeated as the color frontispiece, tipped in, on black art paper with titles printed in silver, of Rear Admiral D.W. Taylor, U.S.N. Included are 14 monochrome, tipped in portraits (all by men) presented on the un-numbered black pages printed in silver, illustrating the Author's ten chapters on the particular technical considerations required of portrait painters, including sitter management, as well as the business aspects of this career. xv, 101 pp, First Edition. *Ownership signature of artist and photographer, Stanley Costa* to the ffep. CONDITION: Near Fine, in a Good d/j. The unclipped dust jacket, now in mylar, is somewhat soiled, with two repaired closed tears. (1 1/2 inches) to front top and minor loss and tear at bottom front joint. Light browning to section of endpapers, presumably from a newspaper clipping or similar, no longer present. **AUTHOR Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (1884-1972) was born in Boston, working and teaching in the scenic Cape Ann's Annisquam Village, Massachusetts. Her art education at the Boston Museum School in the first decade of the twentieth century exposed her to some of the premier male artists of the day, including Edmund Tarbell and Frank Benson. She also studied under Albert Munsell and Richard Andrew. Browne was known for a robust use of color in her work. A portrait of Alfonzo VIII, King of Spain (1927) commissioned by the New York Yacht Club, is considered one of her finest. She was an active member of many artist societies, among them, The Guild of Boston Artists, The Copley Society and Rockport Art Society. She won numerous prizes, and was exhibited widely during her lifetime. For more on biography, see Erica Hirshler, "A Studio of Her Own," (2001).OCLC 192606109.
Ref: ART 9160
$75.00