This is a guide through the fashions of the last 100 years of British painting spiced with details of the artists. It relates the problems faced by the modern marine artist and explains why representational art has remained supreme. The book includes some 70 colour plates.

This is a guide through the fashions of the last 100 years of British painting spiced with details of the artists. It relates the problems faced by the modern marine artist - why he finds no inspiration in modern ships - and explains why representational art has remained supreme in the face of Cubism, Futurism, Impressionism and Pop Art. The book includes some 70 colour plates. This limited edition includes a forward by Adam Stacy-Marks on the centenary of E.Stacy-Marks Ltd.

Biographies of the artists
landscapes
flowers
animals
marine subjects.