My Town : An Artist's Life in London

Author(s): Gentleman, David,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 05/03/2020,
Pagination: 288 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Particular Books,
Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,
Book Classification: Illustration, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Individual artists, Painting & paintings
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781846149757

Description:

David Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing together work from across his whole career, from his earliest sketches to watercolours painted just a few months ago.

Here is London as it was, and as it is today: the Thames, Hampstead Heath; the streets, canals, markets and people of his home of Camden Town; and at the heart of it all, his studio and the tools of his work.

Accompanied by reflections on the process of drawing and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a celebration of London, and the joy of noticing, looking and capturing the world.