Book review: October 2011
By: Web Editor
Here is this month's book review of new titles for The Railway Magazine, October 2011.
Reviews this issue include:
• Emotions of Railway Art
Emotions of Railway Art
THE first painting in this magnificent volume sets the scene; entitled Memories of Childhood and executed by Peter Annable, it depicts a folding bellows camera, two 1950s copies of Trains Illustrated, a train ticket, some black & white enprints and a dog-eared battered ABC Combined Volume from 1959. The painting is remarkable in its reality and illustrates the high level of skill displayed by many of the artists whose work appears in this wonderful tome.
Altogether, there are 101 illustrations from 35 artists, all produced especially for this book, which makes an excellent and worthy companion to the similar-sized coffee table book produced by The Railway Magazine and the Guild of Railway Artists to commemorate The RM’s centenary in 1997.
Among the talented men whose work appears in this new volume are John Austin, Gerald Broom, John Harrison, Philip Hawkins, Chris Holland, Malcolm Root and Rob Rowland.
Not all the paintings will appeal to every taste, as there is an extremely wide-ranging range of styles and subjects (some set overseas), but there are some real gems – Gerald Broom’s Last Summer and John Hughes’ The End being particularly ‘emotive’ examples.
Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ; 112pp; 276x298mm; hardback; ISBN 978-1-84425-922-2; £40.
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Debra Wenlock Says:
October, 6th 2011 at 12:13 pm
Please can I point out that not all contributers to this book are men - three of my paintings are included! I think the strength of the book is in it's emotional response to the art of painting railways and the accounts of the artists' personal inspirations.