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  • Published: 5 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780141993126
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

My Town

An Artist's Life in London




A lovely compendium of London paintings and sketches, by one of the most cherished British artists of our time

David Gentleman, an iconic British illustrator and designer, has lived a lifetime in London. Drawing from over sixty years of engagement with this most well-known capital city, My Town presents London as it was and as it is today. His beautiful and intricate work - of the Thames, Hampstead Heath, Camden Town (where David Gentleman has lived in the same house for fifty years), London's parks and sights - offers us the pleasure of looking again at the everyday. Accompanied by reflections on the work of an artist, commentary on the possibilities of ink, pen and paint and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a delight for all those who flock to London.

  • Published: 5 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9780141993126
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

About the author

David Gentleman

David Gentleman is an artist of extraordinary breadth. His work has included watercolours, wood engraving, book illustrations and graphics. He designed the hundred-metre long Eleanor Cross mural at Charing Cross underground station and has designed over 100 postage stamps. He has had many solo exhibitions of watercolours and his many previous publications include the highly successful David Gentleman's Britain and its companion books on London, the British coastline, Paris, India and Italy.

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