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Artist''s Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats: Volume 2

English

By (author): Travis Elborough

Follow in the footsteps of some of the worlds most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series.

Some truly remarkable works of art have been inspired by artists spending time away from their typical surroundings.

From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories to cultural tours and sojourns in the finest hotels, this book explores 30 influential journeys taken by artistic greats and reveals the repercussions of those travels on the painters personal lives and the broader cultural landscape.

Award-winning author Travis Elborough brings each of these trips to life with fascinating insights into the stories behind the creation of some of the worlds most famous paintings, including Henri Matisses vivid paintings of Morocco, Katsushika Hokusais woodblock prints of Mount Fuji in Japan, Marianne Norths paintings of India and David Hockneys California pool paintings. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 170 x 236mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Oct 2023
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780711268692

About Travis Elborough

Described as 'one of the country's finest pop culture historians' Travis Elborough is an acclaimed author and social commentator who lives in London. His work delves into the ephemera of retro culture as well as the history of London geography and a broad range of other subjects. His Atlas of Vanishing Places won the Illustrated Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in 2020 and he has also written The Bus We Loved a passionate love letter to the Routemaster bus which defined London transport for more than 50 years. His other works include A Travellers Year A London Year The Long-Player Goodbye Being A Writer and A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a Peoples Institution. Travis is a regular contributor to Radio 4 and the Guardian and has penned articles on all aspects of travel and culture from pirates in the Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside. He has written for the Times Sunday Times New Statesman BBC History Magazine and Kinfolk among others and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster where he teaches creative writing.

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