Westley, Hannah — Sheila Girling

London, Lund Humphries, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. New edition. [9], 10-148 pp. This is the first monograph on Sheila Girling, a prolific painter who has been working consistently for 30 years in her studio in Camden Town, London. Sheila Girling considers herself to be an abstract painter, although there are sometimes figurative allusions and references in her paintings. Her colourful work has been exhibited widely in Europe, America and Canada. This book examines the evolution of Sheila Girling's paintings, beginning with the prize-winning works from the Royal Academy Schools and ending with the present-day collages." The author is and remains a close personal friend of the artist, having graduated with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in Art History and French Literature. The volume covers the artist biographically from the 1940s to the 1980s, has several sections replete with full-color plates, a list of individual and group exhibitions, a select bibliography, and a full index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,