Shadows and light : the extraordinary life of James McBey / Alasdair Soussi.

Soussi, Alasdair, author

Edinburgh : Scotland Street Press, 2022.

462 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm

Creative genius, war artist, adventurer, lover. These are just some of the words that can be used to describe Aberdeenshire-born painter and printmaker James McBey (1883-1959). This illegitimate son of a blacksmiths' daughter was the acknowledged heir to Whistler and Rembrandt. But after his death in 1959, his renown as one of Britain's most accomplished artists faded from public consciousness. At the heart of this biography is his time as a war artist in the Middle East during the Great War, his love affairs, marriage to a beautiful American and his enduring passion for Morocco.

9781910895634 (hbk)

F2 MCB
759.9411
920 MCB
B MCB

ND497

F2 MCB
759.9411
B.MCB

English

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